Treatment of microbial containants in potable water supplies: Technologies and costs, pollution technology review no. 171, J.T. Troyan and S.P. Hansen, Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, NJ, 335 pages [ISBN No.: 0–8155–1214–7] U.S. List Price: $45.00 (1989)

✍ Scribed by Reed, Brian E.

• Publisher: American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 253 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0278-4491
• DOI: 10.1002/ep.670110210

✦ Synopsis

good combustion practices as a means of reducing emissions is stressed. Some discussion is devoted to the impact on emissions by removing certain material from the incinerator feed. This can have significant impact on emissions andincinerator efficiency.

The health risks associated with chemicals that may be :mitted from MSW incinerators are given in chapter 7. Unit risk factors developed by the U.S. EPA are combined with the uncontrolled emission factors from chapter 5 to provide a health risk ranking to the various combustors i n this study.

Chapter 8 is devoted to {he determination of best available control technology (BACT). Each of the combustors is discussed with the estimated capital and operating cost for an emission control system. In each case, a BACT is discussed. Recent BACT dcterminations for several states are given in Appendix C.

Sampling and analysis methods for the various pollutants discussed in this study are presented in Appzndix D.

This book provides a good review of the emissions, health effects, and controls for the three most common types of MSW incinerators. With 146 references, the book provides a good background on the state of municipal waste incineration i n 1988. The background section should be useful to any community considering an MSW incinerator as part of their waste management strategy.