Evaluation retest on a hospital-refuse incinerator at Sutter General Hospital, Sacramento, California

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6661523

Jenkins, A; Ouchida, P; Lew, G

An evaluation test program was conducted to evaluate the effect of incinerator design changes on emissions from the hospital-refuse incinerator. The test was conducted as a part of the California Air Resources Board's program to assess emissions from stationary sources. Daily average oxygen concentrations ranged from 12.1-15.6% and the daily average carbon dioxide concentrations ranged from 4.0-5.5%. Dioxin emissions ranged from 21.0 nanograms per second (ng/sec) for tetrachlorodioxin to 355 ng/sec for the heptachlorodioxin. Furan emission rates ranged from 253 ng/sec for the tetrachlorofuran to 477 ng/sec for the heptachlorofuran. The mass emission rates of hydrochloric acid ranged from 2.6 to 5.8 pounds per hour.

• Research Organization: California State Air Resources Board, Sacramento (USA). Monitoring and Lab. Div.
• OSTI ID: 6661523
• Report Number(s): PB-89-103949/XAB; ARB/ML-88-026
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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