Polychlorinated dibenzo(p)dioxin and furan (PCDD/F) congener profiles in cement kiln emissions and impacts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 419, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-43

  Ames, Michael ^a   Zemba, Stephen ^a   Green, Laura ^a   Botelho, Maria João ^b   Gossman, David ^c   Linkov, Igor ^d,e   Palma Oliveira, José ^f  

^a Cambridge Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b Secil Companhia Geral de Cal e Cimento   (Portugal)

^c Gossman Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cement kilns; Dioxins; Emission profiles; Hazardous waste incineration; PCDD F congeners

Indexed keywords

CEMENT KILN; DIOXINS; EMISSION PROFILES; HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATION; PCDD/F CONGENERS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BRICKMAKING; FUELS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROLEUM COKE; PORTLAND CEMENT;

KILNS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CEMENT; COAL; FURAN; PETROLEUM; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

CEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; EMISSION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUROPEAN UNION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL FUELS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; PORTUGAL; RENEWABLE ENERGY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84857058895     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.062     Document Type: Article

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