Study on the impact of industrial flue gases on the PCDD/Fs congener profile in ambient air

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 114; pp. 76 - 83
• Main Authors: Węgiel, Małgorzata, Chrząszcz, Ryszard, Maślanka, Anna, Grochowalski, Adam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2014; Elsevier
• Subjects: air; Air - analysis; Air Pollutants - analysis; Ambient air; Applied sciences; Atmospheric pollution; Benzofurans - analysis; City centres; combustion; Combustion and energy production; Congeners; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Emission; emissions; Exact sciences and technology; Exhaust gases; Flue gases; Gases - analysis; Incineration; Incinerators; Industry; Medical Waste - analysis; Medical wastes; Passive sampling; PCDD/Fs congener profile; Poland; Pollution; Pollution sources. Measurement results; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analysis; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; sewage; Sewage - analysis; sewage sludge; Similarity; Sinter; waste incineration; Poland; Europe; Poland, Malopolskie, Krakow; Emission; PCDD/Fs congener profile; Ambient air; Passive sampling; Dioxin derivatives; Metallurgical industry; Air quality; Urban area; Pollutant emission; Isomer; Persistent organic pollutant; Gaseous effluent; Incineration plant; Passive detection; Ambient air concentration; Chlorine Organic compounds; Air pollution; Sampling

•We examined the impact of combustion processes on the PCDD/F profile in ambient air.•We determined seventeen PCDD/F congeners in flue gas and ambient air samples.•PCDD distribution in flue gas samples is similar regardless of emission source.•PCDD profiles in ambient air are parallel and related to...