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RECORD NUMBER: 30 OF 1345

Main Title Air Emissions from Industrial Boilers Burning Hazardous Waste Materials.
Author Olexsey, R. A. ;
CORP Author Industrial Environmental Research Lab.-Cincinnati, OH.
Year Published 1984
Report Number EPA/600/D-84/233;
Stock Number PB85-102879
Additional Subjects Hazardous materials ; Incinerators ; Boilers ; Regulations ; Air pollution control ; Standards ; Industrial plants ; Combustion products ; Carbon monoxide ; Nitrogen oxides ; Performance evaluation ; Energy sources ; Resource conservation and recovery act
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NTIS  PB85-102879 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Hazardous waste incinerators are tightly regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). On the other hand, processes for which the primary purpose is production of energy but, incidentially, burning hazardous wastes are exempt from the RCRA incineration regulations. EPA is concerned about the impact of this 'Energy Exemption' and has initiated a test program to determine if and to what extent regulation of such processes may be required. The most significant practice that currently is excluded from regulation is disposal of hazardous materials in industrial boilers. There are currently in the U.S. approximately 240,000 operating industrial boilers and a large percentage of these boilers are accessible to hazardous wastes. This paper describes the testing of 12 such industrial boilers of various types using varying waste materials and test 'spiked' materials. Test site selection is discussed, sampling and analytical methodologies are presented and test results are summarized. The primary focus of the test program was on the ability of the boilers to destroy principal organic hazardous compounds (POHCs) and also to characterize and quantify emissions of products of incomplete combustion (PICs). Measurements of particulate emissions, CO, NOx, and THC were also recorded. Attempts were made to establish correlations between boiler type, boiler operating parameters and waste destruction efficiencies.