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Scope Details

Reference
Arkenbout, A. (2018) Long-term sampling emission of PFOS and PFOA of a Waste-to-Energy incinerator - NGO ToxicoWatch
Treatment Process
Incineration
Test Scale
Full
Matrix
Other
Matrix Detail
Unspecified waste
Data Detail
Time-series PFOS and PFOA concentrations in off-gas

Condition

Open ConditionTreatment Details
Open Condition 8502SecondRegulatory minimum for waste incineration processing in the study locale (Harlingen, The Netherlands). Not necessarily the conditions at which field measurements were made during the study period.

Thermal Treatment Results

PFOS850 °C | 2 second ≈1.1 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOA850 °C | 2 second ≈18.6 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOS850 °C | 2 second ≈1.4 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOA850 °C | 2 second ≈13.5 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOS850 °C | 2 second ≈1.9 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOA850 °C | 2 second ≈11.8 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOS850 °C | 2 second ≈1.9 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOA850 °C | 2 second ≈15.3 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOS850 °C | 2 second ≈8.1 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOA850 °C | 2 second ≈40.4 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOS850 °C | 2 second ≈1.7 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2
PFOA850 °C | 2 second ≈31.1 pg/Nm3 ESTIMATE: Values estimated from plot in Fig 2