Ultrafine particles from wte and other combustion sources

18th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference, NAWTEC18

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 85-100

  Yinon, Lital ^a   Themelis, Nickolas J ^b   Mcneill, V Faye ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COAL; COAL INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HEAVY METALS; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OILS AND FATS; SOURCE SEPARATION; WASTE INCINERATION;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION SOURCES; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; INORGANIC ELEMENTS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 84859553438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/nawtec18-3581     Document Type: Conference Paper

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