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EVALUATION OF EMISSIONS FROM THE OPEN BURNING OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN BARRELS - VOLUME 1. TECHNICAL REPORT
Citation:
Lemiuex*, P. M. EVALUATION OF EMISSIONS FROM THE OPEN BURNING OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN BARRELS - VOLUME 1. TECHNICAL REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-97/134a (NTIS PB98-127343), 1997.
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The report gives results of a detailed emissions characterization study undertaken to examine, characterize, and quantify emissions from the simulated burning of household waste in barrels. The study evaluated two waste streams: that of an avid recycler, who removed most of the recyclable content from the waste stream prior to combustion; and that of a non-recycler, who combusts the entire stream of household waste. Estimated emissions were developed in units of mass emitted per mass of waste burned. Continuous gas samples were analyzed for oxygen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and total hydrocarbons. Gas-phase samples were collected using SUMMA canisters and analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy for volatile organic compounds. Extractive samples from the combined particulate- and gas-phase were analyzed for semivolatile organic compounds, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorobenzenes, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans, aldehydes and keytones, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, and metals. Emissions of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters of 10 micrometers or less and of 2.5 micrometers or less were also measured.