Locating and estimating air-toxics emissions from sewage-sludge incinerators. Final report, March-November 1989

Technical Report · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:7065311

Lamb, L; Brickley, C B; Dykes, R

The document is intended to assist groups interested in inventorying air emissions of various potentially toxic substances from sewage sludge incinerators. Its intended audience includes Federal, State and local air pollution personnel. The document presents information on the process description of the various types of sewage sludge incinerators and their air pollution control equipment. Emission factors are presented for each major type of sewage sludge incinerators for the following: metals including arsenics, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, and nickel; and organics including chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, benzene, chlorinated benzene, and phenol.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7065311
• Report Number(s): PB-90-226614/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
BENZOFURANS
BERYLLIUM
CADMIUM
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
COMBUSTION
DIOXIN
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
FURANS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NICKEL
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXIDATION
PHENOL
PHENOLS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROGRESS REPORT
SAMPLING
SEMIMETALS
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
TOXIC MATERIALS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES