Emission, distribution and toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during municipal solid waste (MSW) and coal co-combustion

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 565, Issue , 2016, Pages 1201-1207

  Peng, Nana ^a,b   Li, Yi ^c   Liu, Zhengang ^a,b   Liu, Tingting ^a,b   Gai, Chao ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Bottom ash; Flue gas; Fly ash; PAHs; Synergistic interaction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASH HANDLING; COAL; COAL ASH; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; HYDROCARBONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLID WASTES; TOXICITY; WASTE INCINERATION;

BOTTOM ASH; COMBUSTION EXPERIMENTS; DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE RANGE; WEIGHT FRACTIONS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

COAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BOTTOM ASH; COAL COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FLY ASH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PAH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLY ASH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; INCINERATION; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; COAL; COAL ASH; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLID WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84976496484     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.188     Document Type: Article

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