Continuous mercury monitor for thermal treatment and waste-to-energy operations

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:495338

Schlager, R J; Wilson, K G; Sappey, A D; Anderson, G L; Sagan, F J ^[1]

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1. ADA Technologies, Inc., Englewood, CO (United States)

Treating wastes by thermal means offers benefits in terms of reducing waste volumes and in recovering energy values from the wastes. Thermal treatment has been an effective technology for a number of years, and is being used more in the US. Significant sources of waste in the US are municipal solid waste, hospital wastes, hazardous wastes, and wastes generated form the DOE complex. Mercury is found in these wastes and is emitted as a pollutant from sources that treat these materials thermally. Because of mercury`s toxicity, there is a considerable amount of activity aimed at its regulation and control. One of the key elements to effectively control the release of mercury is the ability to continuously monitor its concentration from emitting sources. ADA Technologies is developing a continuous monitoring system for measuring these emissions in real time. A real-time analyzer will assure that compliance limits are met and that emissions are kept as low as possible. Because mercury is emitted from sources in several different forms, such as elemental mercury and mercuric chloride, provisions have been incorporated in the analyzer that will allow for the measurement of all mercury compounds. The system will provide a number of advantages over existing test methods: (1) it will provide a real-time measure of emissions rates; (2) it will assure facility operators, regulators, and the public that emissions control systems are working at peak efficiency; and (3) it will provide information as to the nature of the emitted mercury (elemental mercury or speciated compounds).

• OSTI ID: 495338
• Report Number(s): CONF-9504119--
• Resource Type: Conference proceedings
• Conference Information: Air & Waste Management Association international speciality conference on thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies for solid waste management, Washington, DC (United States), 18-21 Apr 1995; Is Part Of Solid waste management: Thermal treatment and waste-to-energy technologies. VIP-53; Kilgroe, J.D. [comp.] [National Risk Management Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)]; PB: 981 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS
MERCURY
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT