Authors: P J Clarkson D J Poole C K Ryu V N Sharifi J Swithenbank HJ Waarlo D Ardelt H Falk
Publish Date: 2003/07/03
Volume: 377, Issue: 1, Pages: 39-47
Abstract
A system capable of continuously measuring a range of metallic elements in the effluent gas from incinerators and other similar industrial processes and providing online results has been developed With a stateoftheart mobile laboratory measurements were taken from a UK municipal solid waste incinerator The detection system used was an ICPOES with a modified torch to allow the introduction of flue gas directly into the plasma Metals that were investigated were Ni Hg V Al Na Ca Cu Sn Pb Sb As Cd and Tl with limits of detection in the range 00004 mg m−3 to 01 mg m−3 being calculated Emission measurements produced data that showed that the MSWI plants emission were significantly lower than the emission limits specified in EC 2000/76/ECThe authors would like to acknowledge and thank the following for the support help and assistance in this project EPSRC Christian Trassy LPCI Prof Cameron McLeod Centre for Analytical Sciences Department of Chemistry University of Sheffield Mike OMeara David Palmer and Stuart Richards Department of Chemical and Process Engineering University of Sheffield Bruce Aucot and David Firth Spectro UK
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