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EMISSIONS OF REACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM UTILITY BOILERS
Citation:
Jackson, B., L. Scinto, AND C. Shih. EMISSIONS OF REACTIVE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM UTILITY BOILERS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-80/111 (NTIS PB80200843), 1980.
Description:
The report gives results of the measurement of emission factors for reactive volatile organic compounds (VOC) from 43 utility boilers firing bituminous coal, lignite, oil, and natural gas. The boilers ranged in size from 9 to 910 MW. The median reactive VOC emission factors were determined to be between 0.47 and 1.85 ng/J for coal- and lignite-fired sources (excluding stoker data); between 0.03 and 1.48 ng/J for residual-oil-fired sources; and between 0.01 and 1.00 ng/J for gas-fired sources. Approximately 50% of the coal- and lignite-fired plants and a majority of the oil- and gas-fired plants were emitting reactive VOC below the 100-ton per year level.