- Author
- Wang, J. | Ferreiro, G. | Richter, H. | Howard, J. B. | Levendis, Y. A. | Carlson, J.
- Title
- Comparative Study on Destruction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons From Combustion of Waste Polystyrene.
- Coporate
- Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Army Natick, MA
- Book or Conf
- Combustion Institute, Symposium (International) on Combustion, 29th. Proceedings. Volume 29. Part 2. July 21-25, 2002, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, Sapporo, Japan, Chen, J. H.; Colket, M. D., Editors, 2477-2484 p., 2002
- Keywords
- combustion | polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | polystyrene | soot | combustion products | diffusion flames | gas chromatography | mass spectrometry | carbon | kinetics
- Identifiers
- Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW); PAH extraction and analysis by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry; carbon balance; global kinetic data for PAH depletion in the afterburner; examined the effects of the afterburner, its temperature, and oxygen mole fractions on the emissions, particularly, the PAH; laboratory experiments on the combustion of polystyrene plastics were conducted in a two-stage electrically heated furnace apparatus