Number concentration and chemical composition of ultrafine and nanoparticles from WTE (waste to energy) plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 420, Issue , 2012, Pages 319-326

  Cernuschi, Stefano ^a   Giugliano, Michele ^a   Ozgen, Senem ^a   Consonni, Stefano ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical speciation; Nanoparticles; Number concentration; Ultrafine particles; Waste to energy

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; AVERAGE DIAMETER; BAGHOUSES; CARBONACEOUS COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; DILUTION SYSTEMS; FIELD TESTING; FLUE GAS CLEANING; METAL SPECIES; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; OPERATING TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE COUNTING; PARTICULATE FRACTION; PRIMARY PARTICLES; PROCESS CONFIGURATION; REMOVAL PROCESS; SAMPLING CONDITIONS; SAMPLING LINES; SIZE RANGES; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE METAL; ULTRAFINE; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WASTE TO ENERGY; WET SCRUBBING;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUE GASES; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE INCINERATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORIDE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DILUTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857651821     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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