title: Emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from both of point and area sources of an electric-arc furnace-dust treatment plant and their impacts to the vicinity environments.
abstract: This study was set out to investigate emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from both the stack (i.e., point source) and plant fugitives (i.e., area source) of an electric-arc furnace-dust treatment plant (EAFDTP) and their impact to the vicinity environments. The emission rate of the point source (2,360 ng I-TEQh(-1)) was determined directly by measuring PCDD/F concentrations of the stack flue gas. The emission rate of the area source (1,080 ng I-TEQ m(-2)h(-1)) was estimated by using the Industrial Sources Complex Short-Term (ISCST3) model based on concentrations measured at the downwind side of the plant. The mean emission factors of 785 and 893 ng I-TEQ ton(-1) ZnO were found for the point and area source, respectively. The above results suggest that the area source accounted for more than 50% of total PCDD/F emissions for the selected EAFDTP. The contribution of the point source to the atmospheric PCDD/F concentrations of the upwind site and downwind site of the EAFDTP were 0 and 0.27 fg I-TEQ Nm(-3), respectively. The contributions of the area source were 0.020 and 3.3 fg I-TEQ Nm(-3), respectively. The total contribution of the selected EAFDTP (including both the point and area sources) to the concentrations in both upwind and downwind side vicinities were all less than 10%. Finally, the impact of PCDD/F emissions from the selected EAFDTP to the vicinity atmospheric environments was discussed in the present study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Kuei-Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Wen-Jhy
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Perng-Jy
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004391:Dust / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D017745:Incineration
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D004147:Dioxins; D004391:Dust; C023614:dibenzofuran; C020887:dibenzo(1,4)dioxin