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CHARACTERIZATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS EMITTED FROM A SIMULATED SCRAP TIRE FIRE
Citation:
Lemieux, P. AND J. Ryan. CHARACTERIZATION OF AIR POLLUTANTS EMITTED FROM A SIMULATED SCRAP TIRE FIRE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-93/448.
Description:
The paper describes a small-scale combustion study, designed to collect, identify, and quantify products emitted during the simulated open combustion of scrap tires. he study found that total estimated emissions of semi-volatile organics ranged from 10 to 50 g/kg of tire material burned. ono- and polyaromatic hydrocarbons were the predominant emission products identified. levated levels of zinc and lead were also measured. (NOTE: Discarded automobile tires have become a concern to the general public, largely because the growing number of stockpile fires has focused attention on the potential harmful products of incomplete combustion emitted into the atmosphere from uncontrolled burning of scrap tires.)