Pollutant emissions during pyrolysis and combustion of waste printed circuit boards, before and after metal removal

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-35

  Ortuño, Nuria ^a   Conesa, Juan A ^a   Moltó, Julia ^a   Font, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combustion; Dioxin; Printed circuit board; Pyrolysis; WEEE

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ETHYLENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PYROLYSIS; TIMING CIRCUITS; WASTE INCINERATION;

DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS; DIOXIN; LABORATORY-SCALE REACTOR; POLLUTANT EMISSION; PYROLYSIS AND COMBUSTIONS; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; WEEE;

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

ACETONE; ACETONITRILE; ACETYLENE; ACRYLONITRILE; BENZENE; BROMINE; BUTANE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HEXANE; HYDROBROMIC ACID; INDAN; ISOBUTYLENE; METHANE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENOL; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROPANE; PROPYLENE; TOLUENE; AIR POLLUTANT;

BENZENE; COMBUSTION; DIOXIN; EMISSION; ETHYLENE; METHANE; PAH; PCDD; PCDF; PHENOL; POLLUTANT; PYROLYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; MOBILE PHONE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INCINERATION; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; INCINERATION; RECYCLING;

EID: 84906673387     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.039     Document Type: Article

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