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PARAMETERS INFLUENCING EMISSIONS OF PCDDS/FS FROM OPEN BURNING OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN BARRELS
Citation:
Lemieux*, P M., B K. Gullett*, C. C. Lutes, C. K. Winterrowd, AND D. Winters. PARAMETERS INFLUENCING EMISSIONS OF PCDDS/FS FROM OPEN BURNING OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE IN BARRELS. Presented at AWMA/Environment Canada Specialty Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, April 10-12, 2000.
Description:
The paper reports results from tests that were designed to examine some of the factors influencing the emissions of polychlorinated-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDDs/Fs) from burn barrels. Based on the wide variability of emissions within duplicate-run sets, in spite of all efforts to replicate run conditions and the large number of interacting variables that can account for this variability, it is suggested that a probability-based scheme using Monte Carlo simulations may be useful for developing emissions inventory estimates for this source. (NOTE: The uncontrolled burning of household waste in barrels has recently been implicated as possibly being a major source of PCDDs/Fs. Previous measurements of PCDDs/Fs from controlled studies of burn barrels (holding bulk density constant) resulted in a very high degree of variability, even between nominally identical test conditions. It is hypothesized that slight differences in waste composition, distribution of various waste components in the barrel, and bulk waste density could significantly influence emissions of PCDDs/Fs from this combustion source).