PMID- 11488391
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20011211
LR  - 20191105
IS  - 0160-4120 (Print)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
DP  - 2001 Jul
TI  - PAH emission from the incineration of three plastic wastes.
PG  - 61-7
AB  - A batch-type, controlled-air incinerator was used for the treatment of polyvinyl 
      chloride (PVC), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and polypropylene (PP) plastic 
      wastes. The concentration and composition of 21 individual polycyclic aromatic 
      hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the raw wastes, flue gas (gas and particle phases), and 
      ash were determined. Stack flue-gas samples were collected by a PAH 
      stack-sampling system. Twenty-one individual PAHs were analyzed primarily by a 
      gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). The CO concentration correlated well 
      with the total PAH (R2 > .89), and thus can be used as a surrogate indicator for 
      PAH emission. Excess amounts of air supply in the incineration of plastic wastes 
      could decrease not only the concentration of the PAHs in the bottom ash but also 
      the emission factor (EF) of the total PAH in the stack flue gas. Of the three 
      plastic wastes, HDPE was found to have the highest mean EF of the total PAHs 
      (462.3 mg/kg waste) from the stack flue gas. Incinerating PVC would result in a 
      higher EF of PAHs (195.4 mg/kg waste) in the bottom ash. When PVC plastic wastes 
      were incinerated, higher-ringed PAHs constituted a larger percentage in the 
      bottom ash as compared to those from PP and HDPE plastics. By judging the output 
      and input (O/I) ratio of the PAHs from the incineration trials of plastic wastes, 
      the PAHs involved in incineration of three plastic wastes were almost entirely 
      destroyed; and a low residual amount between 0.00018 and 0.00032 remained in the 
      emission.
FAU - Li, C T
AU  - Li CT
AD  - Department of Environment Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 
      Taiwan, ROC.
FAU - Zhuang, H K
AU  - Zhuang HK
FAU - Hsieh, L T
AU  - Hsieh LT
FAU - Lee, W J
AU  - Lee WJ
FAU - Tsao, M C
AU  - Tsao MC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Polypropylenes)
RN  - 9002-86-2 (Polyvinyl Chloride)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Incineration
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
MH  - Polyethylene/*chemistry
MH  - Polypropylenes/*chemistry
MH  - Polyvinyl Chloride/*chemistry
MH  - *Refuse Disposal
EDAT- 2001/08/08 10:00
MHDA- 2002/01/05 10:01
CRDT- 2001/08/08 10:00
PHST- 2001/08/08 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/01/05 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/08/08 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0160-4120(01)00056-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0160-4120(01)00056-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2001 Jul;27(1):61-7. doi: 10.1016/s0160-4120(01)00056-3.