National Dioxin Study Tier 4 - combustion sources: final test report - Site 11, drum and barrel reclamation furnace DBR-A

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

OSTI ID:5936137

Knisley, D R; Kelly, W E; Keller, L E

This report summarizes the results of a dioxin/furan emissions test of a drum and barrel reconditioning furnace equipped with an afterburner for emissions control. Steel drums are reconditioned by combusting the drum contents (residual material) in a tunnel furnace. The test was the 11th 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. Drum-reconditioning furnaces are one of 8 combustion-device categories that have been tested in the Tier 4 program. The tested furnace, DBR-A, was selected for the test after an initial information screening and a one-day pretest survey. The drums processed at the plant are received from a number of different sources, thus the combustible material burned in the furnace is heterogeneous. Furnace DBR-A is considered representative of other drum-reconditioning furnaces operating in the United States. 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: 5936137
• Report Number(s): PB-88-101191/XAB; RAD-87-231-056-12-47
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOL WASTES
AFTERBURNERS
AIR POLLUTION
ASHES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONTAINERS
DIOXIN
DOCUMENT TYPES
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
FLY ASH
FURANS
FURNACES
GASEOUS WASTES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
RESIDUES
REVIEWS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES