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Emissions From Simulated Open Burning Of Deployed Us Military Waste, Brian D. Woodall
Emissions From Simulated Open Burning Of Deployed Us Military Waste, Brian D. Woodall
Theses and Dissertations
U.S. military forces have relied primarily on open burning as an expedient method of volume reduction and treatment of solid waste during the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. This study is the first effort to characterize a broad range of pollutants and their emission factors during the burning of military waste and the effects that recycling efforts, namely removing plastics, might have on emissions. Piles of simulated military waste were constructed, burned, and emissions sampled at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Open Burn Testing Facility (OBTF), Research Triangle Park, NC. Three tests contained polyethylene terephthalate (PET #1 or PET) …
Prototyping The Use Of Dispersion Models To Predict Ground Concentrations During Burning Of Deployed Military Waste, Val Oppenheimer
Prototyping The Use Of Dispersion Models To Predict Ground Concentrations During Burning Of Deployed Military Waste, Val Oppenheimer
Theses and Dissertations
United States military forces in Iraq and Afghanistan have often used open burning of solid waste as a means to achieve volume reduction and to minimize vector borne illnesses. Assessing exposures to burn pit emissions has proven challenging, requiring significant numbers of personnel and sampling equipment. This study examined the use of three common dispersion models to determine the feasibility of using software modeling to predict short-range exposures to burn pit emissions, in lieu of sole reliance on ground sampling. Four open burn tests of municipal solid waste were conducted at Tooele Army Depot, Utah. Aerial samples were collected above …