title: Emissions of PCDD/Fs from municipal solid waste incinerators in China.
abstract: Gas emission of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from 19 commercial municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerators in China are investigated. The emission concentrations of PCDD/Fs were 0.042-2.461 ng TEQ Nm(-3) with an average value of 0.423 ng TEQ Nm(-3). The emissions of PCDD/Fs from 16 MSW incinerators were below the MEP regulation level (1.0 ng I-TEQ Nm(-3)), while only six systems have the dioxin emission levels below the limit established by the European Union Directive of 0.1 ng I-TEQ Nm(-3). The emission factors of PCDD/Fs from 19 MSW incinerators were calculated to be 0.169-10.72 microg TEQ ton(-1) MSW with an average value of 1.728 microg I-TEQ ton(-1) MSW. The total amount of PCDD/Fs emitted from MSW incinerators to the atmosphere in China was estimated to 19.64 g TEQ year(-1) in 2006.
authors.affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
authors.forename: Yuwen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Haijun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Xueping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017745:Incineration; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis*; D025341:Principal Component Analysis
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D000072338:Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins