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Pyrolysis and combustion of oils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls and tri- and tetrachlorobenzenes

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6910029

Since the 1981 fire at the New York State Office Building in Binghamton, production of polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) from fires in utility transformers containing askarels has been a national concern. The present report examines fires involving transformer fluids contaminated with lower levels of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) or tri/tetrachlorobenzene (TCB), showing that such fires would produce far less PCDF and PCDD than would askarel fires. 16 figs., 29 tabs.

Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (USA); Health Research, Inc., Albany, NY (USA)
OSTI ID:
6910029
Report Number(s):
EPRI-EL-5952; ON: TI88015244
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English