PCBs contributions to the total TEQ released from Korean municipal and industrial waste incinerators
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- Title
- PCBs contributions to the total TEQ released from Korean municipal and industrial waste incinerators
- Authors
- Chang, YS; Kong, SB; Ikonomou, MG
- Date Issued
- 1999-12
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Abstract
- Non-ortho and mono-ortho polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in the stack gases and the fly-ash from nine Korean municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs). Soil samples collected near MSWI and industrial waste incinerator (IWI) sites were also examined for PCBs. The PCBs levels in the stack gas samples ranged between 0.0046 and 12.0 TEQ-ng/Nm(3). The PCB homologue profiles were distinct for the stack gas samples and different from the fly-ash. PCBs levels in soil samples collected near MSWIs and IWI ranged between 0.86 and 19.73 TEQ-ng/g with background levels of 0.17 TEQ-ng/g. The lower chlorination PCBs were dominant in the soil samples. The stack emission PCBs homologue patterns were compared to those detected in the soil samples. The findings suggest that localized point sources as well air mass movement contribute to the deposition of PCBs onto soil. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Keywords
- PCBs; Korea; environmental level; stack gas; fly ash; soil; DIBENZO-PARA-DIOXINS; PCDD; EMISSIONS; GAS
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/20205
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00175-7
- ISSN
- 0045-6535
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- CHEMOSPHERE, vol. 39, no. 15, page. 2629 - 2640, 1999-12
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