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CHARACTERIZATION OF PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM NON-FERROUS SMELTERS
Citation:
Bennett, R. AND K. Knapp. CHARACTERIZATION OF PARTICULATE EMISSIONS FROM NON-FERROUS SMELTERS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-89/043 (NTIS PB89197461), 1989.
Description:
Chemical composition and particle size data for particulate emissions for stationary sources are required for environmental health effect assessments, air chemistry studies, and air quality modelling Investigations such as source apportionment. n this study, particulate emissions from a group of non-ferrous smelters have been physically and chemically characterized. mission samples were collected at the baghouse outlets from smel ter furnaces and at smel ter acid plant stacks at three locations: a zinc, a lead, and a copper smelter. Mass emission rate determinations were made by EPA reference methods. Cascade impactors were used to collect in-stack samples for particle size distribution measurements. articulate samples for chemical characterization were collected on membrane filters for analysis by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy. evelopment of measurement techniques required to determined the elemental composition of the total mass and sized fractions of the emission are discussed. esults of the tests at the -three smelters include total mass and elemental emission rates, particle size distribution, and the elemental composition of the total particulate mass and of sized fractions from both the smelter furnaces and acid plants.