Air toxic emissions from the combustion of coal: Identifying and quantifying hazardous air pollutants from US coals

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10125031· OSTI ID:10125031

Szpunar, C B

This report addresses the key air toxic emissions likely to emanate from continued and expanded use of domestic coal. It identifies and quantifies those trace elements specified in the US 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, by tabulating selected characterization data on various source coals by region, state, and rank. On the basis of measurements by various researchers, this report also identifies those organic compounds likely to be derived from the coal combustion process (although their formation is highly dependent on specific boiler configurations and operating conditions).

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Environmental Assessment and Information Sciences Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10125031
• Report Number(s): ANL/EAIS/TM-83; ON: DE93006819
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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