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Background Report Reference AP-42 Section Number: 1.2 Background Chapter: 4 Reference Number: 16 Title: Locating and Estimating Air Emissions fiom Sources of Polycyclic Organic Matter (POM) EPA-45014-84-007P US EPA September 1987 United Slates Office of Air Quality Environmental Protection Planning and Slandards EPA-450/4-84-007p Agency Rcsearch Triangle Park. NC 2771 1 Scplrmber 1987 Air LOCATINGAND ESTIMATING AIR EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES OF POLYCYCLIC ORGANIC MATTER (POW LOCATING AND ESTIMATING AIR EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES OF POLYCYCLICORGANIC MATTER Oflice Of Air Quality Planning And Standards office Of Air AndRadiation U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Research Triangle Park, NC 2771 1 September 1987 This report has been reviewed by the Office Of Air Quality Hanning And Standards, U. S. Environmental protection Agency, and has been appmved for publication Any mention of trade names or commercial products is not intended to constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. ii I Section ms. Lis of Tat 3s ...................................... >. ..... v List of Figures ........................................... xi Purpose of Document ....................................... 1 Overview of Document Contents ............................. 3 Background ................................................ 5 Nature of Pollutant .................................. 5 Nomenclature and Structure of Selected POMs .......... 7 Physical Properties of POM ........................... 7 Chemical Properties of POM ............................ 13 POM Formation Mechanisms in Combustion Sources ....... 13 Conversion of POM from Vapor to Particulate .......... 19 Persistence and Fate in the Atmosphere ............... 23 References for Section 3 ............................. 29 4 POM Emission Source Categories ............................ 33 Stationary Combustion of Solid, Liquid. and . Gaseous Fuels for Heat and Power Generation .......... 33 Mobile Sources of POK ................................ 80 Municipal, Industrial, and Commercial Waste Incineration ......................................... 105 Sewage Sludge Incineration ........................... 121 Petroleum Catalytic Cracking - Catalyst Ii ": ..................... .. Regeneration ................... :135 Sintering in the Iron and Steel Industry ............. 153 section m Ferroalloy Manufacturing .............................. 161 . Iron and Steel Foundries ............................. 181 By-product Coke Production ............................ 186 Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing ......................... 204 Hot Mix Asphalt Production ........................... 221 Carbon Black Manufacture ............................. 236 Secondary Lead Smelting .............................. 253 Primary Aluminum Production .......................... 262 Wood Charcoal Production ............................. 272 Creosote Wood Treatment .............................. 283 Oil Shale Retorting ................................... 292 Asphalt Paving and Coal Tar Pitch and Asphalt Roofing Operations .. i ................................ 304 Transfer and Handling of Coal' Tar and Petroleum Pitch ................................................ 311 Burning Coal Refuse Piles, Outcrops, and Mines ....... 314 .. Prescribed Burning and Uncontrolled Forest Fires ..... 321 Agricultural Burning .................................. 332 Miscellaneous Open Burning ............................ 337 References for Section 4 ............................. 343 5 Source Test Procedures .................................... 359 Sample Collection Methods ............................ 359 Sample Recovery ...................................... 371 Identification and Quantification of POM ........... :. 376 References for Section 5 ............................. 378 iv LIST OF TABLES B!2k ESfs 1 Physical Propertie of Various POM Compound .............. .11 2 Percent of Total PAH Associated with Soot Particles as a Function of Temperature ............................... 22 3 Half Lives (in Hours) of Selected POM in Simulated Daylight, Subjected to Varying Concentrations of Atmospheric Oxidants (Ozone) .............................. 27 4 POM Emission Factors for Pulverized Coal Utility Boilers ................................................... 44 5 POM Emission Factors for Coal-fired, Cyclone Utility Boilers ........................................... 46 6 POM Emission Factors for Coal-fired, Stoker Utility' Boilers ................................................... 48 7 POM Emission Factors for Pulverized Coal Industrial ..Boilers ................................................... 51 8 POM Emission Factors for Coal-fired, Stoker Industrial Boilers ........................................ 52 \ 9 Uncontrolled POM Emission Factors for Commercial and Residential Coal-fired Boilers ........................ 54 10 POM Emission Factors'for Residual Oil Combustion .......... 58 11 Uncontrolled WM Emission Factors for Distillate - Oil Combustion ............................................ 61 12 POM Emission Factors for Industrial and Commercial Wood-fired Boilers ........................................ 62 13 POM Species Emission Factors for Controlled and Uncontrolled Wood-fired Industrial Boilers ................ 64 14 Test Site Descriptions for the Emission Factors Given in Table 13 ......................................... 65 15 POM Emission Factors for Wood-fired Residential Heating Sources ........................................... 68 V 1 Table EUs 16 POM Emission Factors for Uncontrolled Wood-fired Heaters Under Various Burn Conditions ..................... 74 17 * Uncontrolled POM Emission Factors for Natural Gas-fired Sources ......................................... 75 18 POM Emission Factors for Bagasse-fired Industrial Boilers ................................................... 77 19 Contributions of Various Mobile Source Categories to Total Mobile Source PAH and 1-Nitropyrene Emissions in 1979 ......................................... 83 20 Benzo(a)pyrene Emission Factors at Various Levels of Emission Control ....................................... 85 21 Benzo(a)pyrene Emission Rates at Various Mileage Intervals ................................................. 86 22 Change in Average POM Emissions with Deposit Cbndition and POM Content of Fuels ........................ 88 23 Estimated Particulate Benzo(a)pyrene Emission Factors for Gasoline Automobiles, Model Years 1966-1976 ........... 91 24 Measured and Derived POM Emission Factors for Mobile 0. Sources ................................................... 93 25 Average Emission Rates of Particulate PO& from Gasoline and Diesel Vehicles in Two Tunnels in Japan at an Average Speed of 50 mi/hr ........................... 94 26 Average Particulate POM Emission Rates for Gasoline Vehicles, ‘Model Years 1970-1981, Under ETP and WET Test Cycles ............................................... 95 - 27 Emission Rates of Particulates and Particulate POMs for Various Gasoline and Diesel Automobiles Under the FTP Test Cycle ........................................ 98 28 POM Compoun@s Analyzed by HPLC-Fluorescence in Diesel Automobile Exhaust Particulates .................... 99 29 Mean and Range of Concentrations of POMs in Exhaust Particulate from Four Diesel Cars ......................... 100 30 Particulate POM Emission Rates from a Turbocharged Mack Engine at Various Loads .............................. 102 vi Gll& 31 Total POM Emission Factors for the’Ford Prototype Diesel Engine ............................................. 103 32 POM Compounds Identified by GC/MS Analysis in Exhaust from a Gas Turbine Engine Burning Kerosene-type Fuel ...... 106 33 POM Emission Factors for Municipal Waste Incinerators ..... 117 34 Locations of Conventional Municipal Waste Incinerators in the United States ...................................... 122 35 Locations of Modular Municipal Waste Incinerators in the United States ...................................... 123 36 Distribution of Emission Control Technologies Applied to Selected Sewage Sludge Incinerators Prior to 1978 ...... 130 37 Distribution of Emission Control Technologies Applied to Selected Sewage Sludge Incinerators After 1978 ......... 131 38 POM Emission Factors for a Sewage Sludge Incinerator Controlled by a Wet Scrubber .............................. 133 39 POM Compounds Identified in Sewage Sludge Incinerator Emissiohs ................................................. 134 40 Approximate Distribution of Sludge Combustion Facilities by State and Type in 1985 ...................... 136 41 Locations of Wastewater Treatment Plants Thought to be Using Sewage Sludge Incinerators .................... 138 42 POM Emission Factors for Petroleum Catalytic Cracking Catalyst Regeneration Units ............................... 152 43 Locations of Active Petroleum Refineries with Catalytic Crackers as of January 1986 ..................... 154 44 Locations of Iron and Steel Industry Sinter Plants in 1977 ................................................... 162 45 Major Types of Ferroalloys Produced in the United , States .................................................... 164 46 POM Emission Factors for Electric Arc Furnaces Producing Ferroalloys ..................................... 176 47 Locations of Ferroalloys Producers in the United States in 1984 ............................................ 178 vii TiaLLe Ei3g.S 48 Emission Controls Used on POM Emission Sources in By-product Coke Plants ..................................... 193 49 Specific POM