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The objective of this research is to investigate the emission characteristics of PAHs from two livestock waste incinerators and one batch-type medical waste incinerator in Pingtung County. The results of this study can be used to estimate the emissions, and establish the regulation and emission reduction strategy. The flue gas samples were taken by a gas-particle phase PAHs sampling instrument with a condensing system. Twenty-one constituents of PAHs were analyzed by the GC/MS. The primary results of This study were summarized as follows: (1).Since incomplete combustion resulted from the lower temperature, a great amount of PAHs was observed in the emissions of hog farm incinerator. The total-PAHs concentrations ranged from 339 to 1262 (g/Nm3 and averaged 636 (g/Nm3 in the stack flue gas. The mean value of the hog farm incinerator was approximately 1.1 and 1.6 times of magnitude higher than those of the livestock disease control center and medica medical waste incinerator, respectively. (2).The stack fluesample was divided into four parts: gas phase, particle phase, water from cooling device and rinse sol solution of pipe. The results show that the gaseous PAHs were more abundant than the particulate PAHs for three incinerators. Few PAHs were resided in the sa sampling duct or condensed liquid. The fraction of Nap in gas phase were 75.9 % , 56.1 % and 84.4 % for the hog farm, livestock disease control center and the medical waste incinerator, respectively. (3).The mean values of the total-PAHs emission factor were 285, 2.86 and 4.96 mg/Kg-waste in the stack flue gas of hog farm, livestock disease control center and the medical waste incinerato incinerator, respectively. Comparison of the individual PAHs distribution, Nap displayed the highest mean values for three incinerators. (4).The total-PAHs emission rates were averaged 26.2 mg/min, 8.94 mg/min and 8.48 mg/min for the hog farm , livestock disease control center and the medical waste incinerator, respecti respectively. In the stack flue gas samples of the livestock disease cocenter and the hospital, the emission rates of twenty-one individual PAHs, except Nap, were below 1 mg/min. (5).The mass concentrations of PAHs in the bottom ashes from a medical waste incinerator were ranged between 310 and 562 ng/g. The mean value was approximately 0.58 and 0.89 times of those for the livestock disease control center and the hospital, respectively. (6).The mass percentage of liquid phase PAHs mass emitted from the hog farm incinerator were ranged between 37.9 and 83.4 % and averaged 55.2 % by effluent from wet scrubber. The mass percentage of solid phase PAHs emitted from the same incinerator were ranged from 16.7 to 62.1 % and averaged 44.8 % by effluent from wet scrubber. Lower molecular weight (LMW) PAHs has a higher fraction in liquid phase than that in the solid phase. There were no decidedly difference from the liquid and solid phase PAHs for the effluent from wet scrubber of medical waste incinerator. (7).The predominant PAHs were the LMW PAHs from the stack gas for two livestock waste incinerators. The amount of PAHs in bottom ashes tends to increase with the increase of the ring number of PAHs.From the results obtained in this investigation, a group of 2, 3, 6 and 7-ring PAHs were observed in the flue gas from a medical waste incinerator. In the bottom ashes, the 4 and 5-ring PAHs were present as a major product in the PAHs group.
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