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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF A WASTE-TO-ENERGY PROCESS: BRAINTREE MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR
Citation:
Golembiewski, M., K. Ananth, G. Trischan, AND E. Baladi. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF A WASTE-TO-ENERGY PROCESS: BRAINTREE MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-80/149 (NTIS PB80219421), 1980.
Description:
Midwest Research Institute conducted an array of field tests at the Braintree Municipal Incinerator facility in Braintree, Massachusetts, for the purpose of providing data on multimedia emissions to help determine adverse environmental impact and pollution contol technology needs. There are two incinerators at the Braintree facility; both are of the waterwall type and are designed to burn unprocessed mixed municipal refuse at a rate of 120 tons/day each. Air pollution control is provided by electrostatic precipitators. Primary emphasis was placed on evaluating air emissions. Analyses were carried out for criteria pollutants (particulates, NOx, SO2, CO, and hydrocarbons) as well as for potentially hazardous compounds such as polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The Environmental Protection Agency-designed Source Assessment Sampling System train was also used as per the Environmental Protection Agency's Level 1 environmental assessment protocol. The data obtained were used to evaluate emissions in each effluent stream on the basis of existing standards or criteria and also through the use of the Environmental Protection Agency's recently devised Source Analysis Model (SAM-1A).