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Control technology for coal gasification and liquefaction.

Authors
Reed-LD; Gideon-JA; Telesca-DR
Source
NIOSH, Enviro Control, Inc. :1-23
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
00124140
Abstract
The prevention of hazardous occupational emissions during coal gasification and liquefaction was discussed. Emission sources, contamination of the workplace, and points of contact with employees were described with pertinent control measures. Besides inhalation, the risk of chemical and thermal burns was noted. Cancer, respiratory, and nervous disease due to chemicals commonly found during coal gasification and liquefaction processes, such as polynuclear aromatics (PNA), carbon-monoxide (630080), hydrogen- sulfide (7783064), aromatic-amines, benzene (71432), toluene (108883), and xylene (1330207) were reviewed. The authors conclude that information on control technologies in the U.S.A. and abroad should be distributed to coal conversion factory designers. They recommend that hazardous processes, equipment and materials should be eliminated or kept sealed, and that better ventilation, construction materials, and monitoring systems should be implemented.
Keywords
Coal-processing; Industrial-emissions; Safety-engineering; Industrial-hygiene; Worker-health; Occupational-medicine; Control-methods; Control-systems
CAS No.
630-08-0; 7783-06-4; 71-43-2; 108-88-3; 1330-20-7
Publication Date
19810101
Document Type
Final Contract Report
Fiscal Year
1981
NIOSH Division
DPSE
Source Name
Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Enviro Control, Inc., 23 pages, 3 references
State
OH
Performing Organization
Enviro Control, Inc.
Page last reviewed: March 11, 2019
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division