Pollution profiles, health risk of VOCs and biohazards emitted from municipal solid waste transfer station and elimination by an integrated biological-photocatalytic flow system: A pilot-scale investigation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 250-251, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-154

  Li, Guiying ^a   Zhang, Zhengyong ^a,c   Sun, Hongwei ^a,c   Chen, Jiangyao ^a,c   An, Taicheng ^a   Li, Bing ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Biohazards; Health risks; Integrated BTF PC treatment; VOCs; Waste transfer station

Indexed keywords

BIOTRICKLING; CANCER RISK; CONTROL AREA; FLOW SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED BTF-PC TREATMENT; INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PILOT SCALE; POTENTIAL RISKS; REMOVAL CAPACITY; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; VOCS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS); WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS;

AIR QUALITY; BIOHAZARDS; COMPRESSORS; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; TRANSFER STATIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TRANSPORT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOSAFETY; CANCER RISK; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FILTER; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE; TECHNOLOGY;

ACETATES; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BACILLUS; CATALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE; STEM CELLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84874358704     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.01.059     Document Type: Article

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