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CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATION PROCESSES UNDER THE NEW EPA DRAFT RISK BURN GUIDANCE: MEASUREMENT ISSUES
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Ryan*, J V., P M. Lemieux*, K. Pollard*, R. Workman*, B. Antley*, AND J. Yurk*. CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC EMISSIONS FROM HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATION PROCESSES UNDER THE NEW EPA DRAFT RISK BURN GUIDANCE: MEASUREMENT ISSUES. Presented at 18th International Conference on Incineration and Thermal Treatment Technologies, Orlando, FL, 5/10-14/99.
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The paper discusses measurement issues relating to the characterization of organic emissions from hazardous waste incineration processes under EPA's new risk burn guidance. The recently published draft quidance recommends that hazardous waste combustion facilities complete a mass balance of the total organic (TOs) that may be emitted from the combustor. TOs, consisting of three distinct fractions (volatile, semivolatile, and nonvolatile organic compounds), are determined using measurement techniques specific to the boiling point (bp) range of each component. Preliminary scoping tests have been performed to gain further knowledge of the total chromatographable organics (TCO) and gravimetric analysis (GRAV procedures used to determine the semivolatile and nonvolatile organic fractions. A commercially prepared Method 8270 semivolatile organic standard solution, made up of 112 compounds containing a variety of halogenated, oxygenated, nitrogenated, and sulfonated hydrocarbons, in addition to those hydrocarbons containing only carbon and hydrogen, was used to assess the accuracy of the TCO and GRAV methods. The measurements indicate that both the TCO and GRAV analyses are accurate and both exhibit biases # +/- 10% for the tests performed. Additional testing verified that the semivolatile organic mass was not redundantly measured by the GRAV procedure.