Emissions of metals and organics from municipal waste-water sludge incinerators. Volume 8. GC/MS tapes review report. Final report, 1987-90

Technical Report · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:5646187

Vancil, M A; Parrish, C R; Palazzolo, M A

Emissions of metals and organics from a series of four municipal wastewater sludge incinerators were determined. Three multiple hearth units and one fluidized bed combustor were tested. Emissions were controlled with a combination of venturi and/or tray impingement scrubbers. One site incorporated an afterburner as well. In order to obtain additional data on organics emissions, test results from both the Volatile Organic Sampling Trains (VOST) and the semi-volatile trains were retrieved. The gas chromatographic/mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) tapes containing the original chromatograms for the scrubber outlet flue gas samples from all four test sites were reviewed. A screening analysis of the tapes was performed in which peaks meeting a minimum area criteria were identified by computer. From the peak areas, flue gas concentrations and emissions were determined. At the majority of sites, greater than 60 additional volatile compounds were detected. The majority of these were simple saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons. As with the initial test results, fewer additional semivolatiles than volatiles were detected. With three of the four test sites, fewer than 40 additional semi-volatiles were detected.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5646187
• Report Number(s): PB-91-151555/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-02-4286
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AFTERBURNERS
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMBUSTION
CONTROL
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
GAS ANALYSIS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GASEOUS WASTES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
SCRUBBERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SITE SURVEYS
SLUDGES
SPECTROSCOPY
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER