First, typical types of natural wood were combusted in a common grid furnace, and the combustion residues were analyzed. Secondly, a wide range of parameter variations was investigated for a selected fuel in order to show the influence of furnace process conditions on the ash composition. Thirdly, ash samples were taken in typical wood combustion s...
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Authors of the meeting report about Dioxins, Furans (PCDD/PSDF) and Dioxin-like PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) in Germany: Pollution regulations and limits, environmental analysis, outdoor and indoor air pollution, abundance in food, animal feeds and plants, toxicology, pre- and postnatal effects, global ban of PCB and other persistent organics. (...
Aim of this project was to investigate the impact of the use of secondary fuels, secondary raw materials and blending agents on trace element concentrations in cement and concrete. Furthermore, the aim was to investigate under which conditions and to which extent the incorporated trace elements can be released into the environment. Additionally, it...
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Germany
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Germany
Up to this point the monitoring process has shown that although the Biomass Ordinance is receiving good marks in practice, there are often still legal or administrative impediments inhibiting the swift implementation of biomass projects. The EEC regulations and the Biomass Ordinance together only represent a small part of the entire body of laws an...
The Berlin meeting was structured according to its most important tasks (according to the recommendations of Sorrento 2002): - Review of the harmonised set of Critical Limits for heavy metals for soils and waters, whereby inclusion of limits for Hg and of human health effects was most important; - Further development of transfer functions of Pb, Cd...
