Evaluation of POHC and PIC screening methods
The analysis of incinerator effluents often focuses on the analysis of one or a few compounds as principal organic hazardous constituents (POHCs) and on products of incomplete combustion (PICs) to provide coverage for other compounds. Recent studies have proposed a risk-driven, tiered-analysis protocol to characterize combustion effluents. The testing of screening protocols for the measurement of organic emissions from incinerators can be divided into three categories: volatile, semivolatile, and nonvolatile. This study has concentrated on the semivolatile and nonvolatile categories of organic emissions. Samples were obtained from incinerator tests or were prepared as laboratory spike samples. Method evaluations were based on two types of samples. These were laboratory spiked samples to provide coverage of compounds of interest and field samples from incinerator tests. Incinerator samples were extracted and analyzed by GRAV, TCO, HPLC/UV, and GC/MS techniques. The other group of samples consisted of three split MM-5 trains. These were extracted and analyzed by GRAV, TCO, HPLC/UV, GC/MS, and HPLC/MS techniques.
- Research Organization:
- Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6735343
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-144137/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-02-4442
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
POHC (principal organic hazardous constituent) analysis methods for hazardous-waste incineration. Volume 2. Final report, April 1983-April 1984
Analytical methods for determination of POHC (principal organic hazardous constituents) in combustion products. Report for June 1983-February 1984
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AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMATOGRAPHY
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
DATA
DETECTION
EVALUATION
EXTRACTION
GAS ANALYSIS
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY
GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INCINERATORS
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAMPLE PREPARATION
SCREENING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTROSCOPY
STATISTICAL DATA
TESTING
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOXICITY
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT