Caption title. At head of title: Project summary. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche. "May 1984." "EPA/600-S2-84-181."

"This report describes a study to evaluate current baseline performance of hazardous waste incinerators. Tests were conducted at eight full scale facilities to characterize all feed and effluent streams. Pollutants measured included EPA Appendix VIII hazardous compounds, particulates, hydrogen chloride, carbon monoxide, and total hydrocarbons. The data were analyzed to address questions on Destruction and Removal Efficiency (DRE), products of incomplete combustion (PIC), pollutant emission levels, performance of air pollution control systems, and relationships of process parameters to destruction efficiency and emission levels. A large base of data on performance of hazardous waste incinerators was accumulated, and many possible relationships between parameters were explored. Conclusions included: DREs were generally above 99.99%; measured DREs tended to be higher when concentration of the hazardous compound in the waste was higher; the most frequently observed PICs were benzene, toluene, chloroform, tetrachloroethylene, and napthalene; the particulate EPA regulation of 180 mg/Nm3 was not routinely met; and the hydrogen chloride EPA regulation almost always met."