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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 13.
Published in final edited form as: Waste Manag. 2019 Feb 18;87:398–406. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.02.031

Table 3.

Target pollutants and instrumentation/sampling methods.

Pollutant Instrument/method(s) Duration
Total PM Modified U.S. EPA Method 5 (EPA, n.d.-a) Integrated run, 0–4 h
PCDDs/PCDFs U.S. EPA Method 23 (EPA, 1991)/HRGC-HRMS Integrated run, 0–4 h
PAHs U.S. EPA Method 0010 (EPA, 1986)/HRGC-LRMS Integrated run, 0–4 h
VOCs SUMMA Canister/U.S. EPA Method TO-15 (EPA, 1999c), including CO2, CO, CH4/U.S. EPA Method 25C (EPA, n.d.-f) Integrated run, ∼2 h
NOx, O2, CO, CO2 SO2, CH4, HCl FTIR - Gasmet DX-4000 (Finland) Real time
CO2 LI-COR 820 (Biosciences, USA) Real time
Metal: Mercury Sorbent trap/U.S. EPA Method 30B (EPA, n.d.-b) Integrated run, 0–4 h
Metals: Cd, Pb, others Teflon filters/Modified U.S. EPA Method 5 (EPA)/gravimetric and X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) (EPA, 1999a) and/or Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) (EPA, 1999b) Integrated run, 0–4 h