PMID- 26771771
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161223
LR  - 20161230
IS  - 1545-9632 (Electronic)
IS  - 1545-9624 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
DP  - 2016
TI  - Mass and number size distributions of emitted particulates at five important 
      operation units in a hazardous industrial waste incineration plant.
PG  - 329-42
LID - 10.1080/15459624.2015.1125485 [doi]
AB  - Past studies indicated particulates generated by waste incineration contain 
      various hazardous compounds. The aerosol characteristics are very important for 
      particulate hazard control and workers' protection. This study explores the 
      detailed characteristics of emitted particulates from each important operation 
      unit in a rotary kiln-based hazardous industrial waste incineration plant. A dust 
      size analyzer (Grimm 1.109) and a scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) were 
      used to measure the aerosol mass concentration, mass size distribution, and 
      number size distribution at five operation units (S1-S5) during periods of normal 
      operation, furnace shutdown, and annual maintenance. The place with the highest 
      measured PM10 concentration was located at the area of fly ash discharge from air 
      pollution control equipment (S5) during the period of normal operation. Fine 
      particles (PM2.5) constituted the majority of the emitted particles from the 
      incineration plant. The mass size distributions (elucidated) made it clear that 
      the size of aerosols caused by the increased particulate mass, resulting from 
      work activities, were mostly greater than 1.5 mum. Whereas the number size 
      distributions showed that the major diameters of particulates that caused the 
      increase of particulate number concentrations, from work activities, were 
      distributed in the sub micrometer range. The process of discharging fly ash from 
      air pollution control equipment can significantly increase the emission of 
      nanoparticles. The mass concentrations and size distributions of emitted 
      particulates were different at each operation unit. This information is valuable 
      for managers to take appropriate strategy to reduce the particulate emission and 
      associated worker exposure.
FAU - Lin, Chi-Chi
AU  - Lin CC
AD  - a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering , National University of 
      Kaohsiung , Kaohsiung , Taiwan.
FAU - Huang, Hsiao-Lin
AU  - Huang HL
AD  - b Department of Occupational Safety and Health , Chia Nan University of Pharmacy 
      and Science , Tainan , Taiwan.
FAU - Hsiao, Wen-Yuan
AU  - Hsiao WY
AD  - b Department of Occupational Safety and Health , Chia Nan University of Pharmacy 
      and Science , Tainan , Taiwan.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Occup Environ Hyg
JT  - Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene
JID - 101189458
RN  - 0 (Air Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Coal Ash)
RN  - 0 (Hazardous Waste)
RN  - 0 (Industrial Waste)
RN  - 0 (Particulate Matter)
SB  - IM
MH  - Air Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Air Pollution/prevention & control
MH  - Coal Ash
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/methods
MH  - *Hazardous Waste
MH  - *Incineration
MH  - *Industrial Waste
MH  - Nanoparticles
MH  - Particle Size
MH  - Particulate Matter/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dust hazard
OT  - incinerator
OT  - nanoparticle
OT  - size distribution
OT  - waste
EDAT- 2016/01/16 06:00
MHDA- 2016/12/24 06:00
CRDT- 2016/01/16 06:00
PHST- 2016/01/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/01/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/12/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1080/15459624.2015.1125485 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Occup Environ Hyg. 2016;13(5):329-42. doi: 10.1080/15459624.2015.1125485.