A preliminary investigation of unintentional POP emissions from thermal wire reclamation at industrial scrap metal recycling parks in China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2012, Pages 259-265

  Nie, Zhiqiang ^a   Zheng, Minghui ^a   Liu, Guorui ^a   Liu, Wenbin ^a   Lv, Pu ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Su, Guijin ^a   Gao, Lirong ^a   Xiao, Ke ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Emission source; Scrap metal; Thermal wire reclamation; Unintentional POPs

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DL-PCBS; EMISSION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GAS SAMPLES; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL SCRAP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METAL RECYCLING; OPEN BURNING; PCDD/FS; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RECLAMATION SITES; RESIDUAL ASH; TEQ CONCENTRATION; UNINTENTIONAL POPS; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

FLUE GASES; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCRAP METAL; SCRAP METAL REPROCESSING; WIRE;

RECYCLING;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; DIOXIN LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO 4 DIOXIN AND DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASH; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RECYCLING; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DEVICES; EXHAUST GAS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; RECYCLING; THERMAL WIRE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; METALLURGY; NAPHTHALENES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84862812389     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.062     Document Type: Article

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