Influence of a municipal solid waste incinerator on ambient air PCDD/F levels: A comparison of running and non-running periods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-41

  Zhang, Manwen ^a   Zhang, Sukun ^a   Zhang, Zhengquan ^b   Xu, Zhengcheng ^a   Feng, Guixian ^a   Ren, Mingzhong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b LANZHOU JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fingerprint; Municipal solid waste incinerator; PCA; PCDD Fs ambient air

Indexed keywords

REFUSE INCINERATORS; SURVEYS; WASTE INCINERATION;

AMBIENT AIR; EMISSION SOURCES; FINGERPRINT; HEAVY TRAFFICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; STUDY SITES; PCA;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXIN; 1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,4,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; POLYMER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; EXHAUST GAS; INCINERATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; POLYMERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84903537054     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.100     Document Type: Article

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