Dioxins and polyvinylchloride in combustion and fires

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 630-643

  Zhang, Mengmei ^a   Buekens, Alfons ^a   Jiang, Xuguang ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

additives; dioxins; emissions; flame retardation; Polyvinylchloride; PVC; thermal decomposition; uncontrolled combustion

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DECOMPOSITION; FIRES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PYROLYSIS; WASTE INCINERATION;

DIBENZO P DIOXINS; DIOXIN EMISSIONS; DIOXINS; FLAME RETARDATION; FLUE GAS CLEANING; HYDROGEN CHLORIDE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; SIMULATION STUDIES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DIOXIN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; AIR POLLUTANT;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINE; COMBUSTION; DIOXIN; EMISSION INVENTORY; FIRE; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAH; PCDF;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; DISSOLUTION; DISTILLATION; FIRE; FLAME; FLUE GAS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRES; INCINERATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 84937408204     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X15590651     Document Type: Article

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