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MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION MULTIPOLLUTANT STUDY EMISSION TEST REPORT, MAINE ENERGY RECOVERY COMPANY, REFUSE DERIVED FUEL FACILITY, BIDDEFORD, MAINE - VOLUME III: APPENDICES G-N
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Scheil, G., S. Klamm, M. Whitacre, J. Surman, AND W. Kelly. MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION MULTIPOLLUTANT STUDY EMISSION TEST REPORT, MAINE ENERGY RECOVERY COMPANY, REFUSE DERIVED FUEL FACILITY, BIDDEFORD, MAINE - VOLUME III: APPENDICES G-N. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-89/064c (NTIS PB90-228859), 1989.
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The report gives results of an emission test of a new municipal solid waste combustor, in Biddeford, ME, that burns refuse-derived fuel and is equipped with a lime spray dryer fabric filter (SD/FF) emission control system. Control efficiency of the SD/FF emission control system was measured for polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF), particulate matter (PM), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and hydrogen chloride (HCl). Additional continuous monitoring was conducted for oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and total hydrocarbons (THC). Average emissions of total PCDD were 290 ng/dscm (uncontrolled) and 1.3 ng/dscm (controlled). Total PCDF emissions were 590 ng/dscm (uncontrolled) and 2.9 ng/dscm (controlled). Control efficiency was about 99.5% for both dioxins and furans. articulate emissions averaged 7400 mg/dscm (uncontrolled) and 33 mg/dscm (controlled), for an average particulate control efficiency of 99.5%. Metals emissions varied from 500 micrograms/dscm for As and Hg to 30,000 micrograms/dscm for Pb (uncontrolled), and from 6 micrograms/dscm for As and Hg to 160 micrograms/dscm for Pb (controlled). Metals control efficiencies varied from 98.2% for Hg to 99.8% for Cr.