Monitoring and dispersion modeling of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the ambient air of two municipal solid waste incinerators and a coal-fired power plant

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-122

  Tu, Li Kai ^a   Wu, Yee Lin ^a   Wang, Lin Chi ^b   Chang Chien, Guo Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coal fired power plant; Dispersion; Municipal solid waste incinerators; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Stack fluegases

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES; AMBIENT AIR; BDE-209; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DISPERSION MODELING; EMISSION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; INDUSTRIAL SOURCE COMPLEX SHORT TERMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATORS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SAMPLING SITE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHERS; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MINING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; WASTE INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PBDE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

EID: 84862909308     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.09.0152     Document Type: Article

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