Emission of PCDD/Fs from combustion of pine needles and pine cones in a residential stove
2007
Moltó Berenguer, Julia | Gálvez Moreno, Araceli | Fuentes, M. Jesús | Fullana, Andres | Font, Rafael | Fullana, Andres | Moltó Berenguer, Julia | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ingeniería Química | Residuos, Pirólisis y Combustión
Comunicación presentada en el 27th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – DIOXIN 2007, Tokyo, September 2-7, 2007
Show more [+] Less [-]Combustion of pine needles and pine cones in a residential stove was performed to assess potential emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) from house fires and forest fires. In order to know the level of pollutants in the samples themselves, analyses of PCDD/Fs in the materials used were made. The PCDD/F content found in pine needles was 0.66 ng I-TEQ/kg, while for pine cones a lower value of 0.33 ng I-TEQ/kg was obtained. In the combustion experiment a high value of dioxins and furans was obtained, 196 ng I-TEQ/kg material burnt. The homologue profiles of PCDD/Fs showed differences between the materials and the flue gas emissions. The results obtained show that this kind of uncontrolled combustion is an important source of dioxins and furans.
Show more [+] Less [-]Support for this work was provided by Generalitat Valenciana -Spain. Group 03/090.
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