Comparative Assessment of Particulate Air Pollution Exposure from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Emissions

Table 1

Source characteristics of the two inclusive municipal solid waste incinerators.

Incinerator	County	Permitted throughput (tonnes/year)	Flue	Stack height (m)	Stack diameter (m)	Flue exit flow rate (m^3/s)	Flue exit velocity (m/s)	Temperature (°C)
Crymlyn Burrows	Neath Port Talbot (South Wales)	52,500	1	40	0.95	12.3	17.6	136
Marchwood	Hampshire (England)	210,000	1; 2	65; 65	1.25; 1.25	30.3; 30.9	24.7; 25.2	150; 148

Flue exit flow rate, velocity, and temperature for Crymlyn Burrows provided are a mean of biannual measurements for most years of operation, whereas for Marchwood these measures are single measures derived from the permit application.