Is there a meaningful dioxin: Chlorine link in commercial scale system flue gases?
Conference
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OSTI ID:287480
- Rigo and Rigo Associates, Inc., Berea, OH (United States)
- A.J. Chandler and Associates Ltd., Willowdale, Ontario (Canada)
- Energy and Environmental Research Corp., Durham, NC (United States)
An extensive database including more than 1,900 PCDD/F test runs at different types of waste combustors was assembled and analyzed. A series f increasingly sophisticated statistical techniques found that for the vast majority of the data sets, the effect of feed chlorine content on PCDD/F emissions cannot be differentiated from normal variability. The small number of data sets that showed an effect displayed conflicting results. The quantity of PCDD/F increased in some cases and decreased in others. Whatever effect chlorine feed rate has on PCDD/F in the products of combustion, it is not discernible against the background. Consequently, mandatory chlorine reduction programs are unlikely to produce any measurable reduction in the quality or quantity of PCDD/F emissions from commercial scale waste combustors.
- OSTI ID:
- 287480
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960345--; ISBN 0-7918-1227-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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