National Dioxin Study Tier 4 - combustion sources: final test report - Site 77, wood-fired boiler WFB-A

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5881848

Keller, L E; Keating, M H; Jamgochian, C L

This report summarizes the results of a dioxin/furan emissions test of a wood-fired boiler equipped with a fabric-filter system for particulate emissions control. The boiler combusts a combination of bark, hogged wood, sawdust, and green and dry planar shavings. The test is the seventh in a series of emission tests conducted under Tier 4 of the National Dioxin Study. The primary objective of tier 4 is to determine if various combustion devices are sources of dioxin and/or furan emissions. If any of the combustion sources are found to emit dioxin or furan, the secondary objective of Tier 4 is to quantify these emissions. Wood-fired boilers are one of eight combustion-device categories that have been tested in the Tier 4 program. The tested boiler, WFB-A, was selected for this test after an initial information screening and a 1-day pretest survey. The logs processed at the plant are stored in a salt-water body adjacent to the plant. Thus, the feed to Boiler WFB-A has a higher inorganic chloride content than the feed to most wood-fired boilers. Boiler WFB-A is considered representative of those wood-fired boilers in the United States firing salt-laden wood. Data presented in the report include dioxin (tetra through octa homologue +2378 TCDD) and furan (tetra through octa homologue +2378 TCDF) results for both stack samples and ash samples. In addition, process data collected during sampling are also presented.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5881848
• Report Number(s): PB-88-101159/XAB; RAD-87-222-109-02-23
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOL WASTES
AIR POLLUTION
ASHES
BOILERS
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
DIOXIN
DOCUMENT TYPES
FABRIC FILTERS
FILTERS
FLUE GAS
FLY ASH
FURANS
GASEOUS WASTES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
REFUSE-FUELED BOILERS
RESIDUES
REVIEWS
SOLID WASTES
WASTES
WOOD WASTES