Evaluation Retest on a Hospital Refuse Incinerator at Sutter General Hospital, Sacramento, California

摘要

An evaluation test program was conducted to evaluate the effect of incinerator design changes on emissions from the hospital refuse incinerator. The test was conducted as a part of the California Air Resources Board's program to assess emissions from stationary sources. Daily average oxygen concentrations ranged from 12.1-15.6% and the daily average carbon dioxide concentrations ranged from 4.0-5.5%. Dioxin emissions ranged from 21.0 nanograms per second (ng/sec) for tetrachlorodioxin to 355 ng/sec for the heptachlorodioxin. Furan emission rates ranged from 253 ng/sec for the tetrachlorofuran to 477 ng/sec for the heptachlorofuran. The mass emission rates of hydrochloric acid ranged from 2.6 to 5.8 pounds per hour.