title: Dioxin mass balance in a municipal waste incinerator.
abstract: A dioxin mass balance in an Spanish municipal waste incinerator (MWI) is presented. Input and output inventories from two sampling collection episodes including the analysis of PCDD/PCDF in urban solid waste (USW), stack gas emissions, fly ash and slag are reported. In one collection the levels of USW were around 8 pg I-TEQ/g and non-thermal destruction was observed overall. In the other collection the levels of USW were higher (around 64 pg I-TEQ/g) and the dioxin balance revealed a thermal destruction. Analysis of the different waste materials (textile, organic, plastic, wood and paper) was performed separately and the textile samples presented the highest levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecotechnologies, CID-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Adrados
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Caixach
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fabrellas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rivera
mesh_terms: D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis; D006358:Hot Temperature; D017745:Incineration; D010209:Paper; D010969:Plastics; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D013030:Spain; D013784:Textiles; D018505:Waste Management; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004147:Dioxins; D005663:Furans; D010969:Plastics; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins