Published December 1998 | Version v1
Report Metadata-only

Survey of the use and energy recovery of preservative-treated timber in Sweden

Creators

  • 1. Swedish National Testing and Research Inst., Boraas (Sweden)

Description

About 5% of the waste wood streams is estimated to consist of preservative-treated timber in Sweden. The use of CCA (copper-chromium-arsenic)-preservatives between 1970 and 1995 corresponds to approximately 300 tons of arsenic annually. Combustion of CCA-treated wood should be carried out in efficient combustion plants with efficient flue gas cleaning. Analyses of sorted and 'uncontaminated' waste wood indicate that the content of inorganic components on average is higher compared to that in conventional biomass fuels. Combustion of waste wood in conventional facilities requires that the preservative-treated material can be efficiently separated from the waste streams Figures and tables with text in English. 68 refs, 6 figs, 23 tabs

Availability note (English)

Available from: Vaermeforsk Service AB, SE-101 53 Stockholm, Sweden

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Swedish)
Inventering och energiutvinning av traeskyddsbehandlat virke i Sverige

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
59 p.
ISSN
0282-3772
Report number
SVF--653

INIS

Country of Publication
Sweden
Country of Input or Organization
Sweden
INIS RN
30019875
Subject category
S09: BIOMASS FUELS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; COMBUSTION; COMPILED DATA; CREOSOTE; EMISSION; LAND POLLUTION; PRESERVATIVES; WOOD; WOOD WASTES
Descriptors DEC
CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DATA; ELEMENTS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; ORGANIC WASTES; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; SEMIMETALS; SOLID WASTES; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; WASTES
Proposed descriptors and Free-text terms
PRESERVATIVES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Project Vaermeforsk-F6-639