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Thermal Processing of CCA Treated Timbers for Energy Recovery and Environmental Protection

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Thermal Processing of CCA Treated Timbers for Energy Recovery and Environmental Protection: A focus on Metals Deportment and Management of Metals containing By-products.

This report investigated the technical feasibility of combusting CCA treated timbers to satisfactory environmental and economic values. Timbers were burnt in Oxygen levels of 21%, 10% and 5%, and at a number of gas temperatures ranging from 400oC to 960 oC.

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PN02.1911

Author

M. Stewart, J. Rogers, B. Haynes and J. Petrie CRESTA (Centre for Risk, Environment and Systems Technology and Analysis)

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