A preliminary investigation of the environmental impact of a thermal power plant in relation to PCB contamination

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2011-07-01

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Gedik, Kadir
İmamoğlu, İpek

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Purpose The most significant application of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is in transformers and capacitors. Therefore, power plants are important suspected sources for entry of PCBs into the environment. In this context, the levels and distribution of PCBs in sediment, soil, ash, and sludge samples were investigated around Seyitomer thermal power plant, Kutahya, Turkey. Moreover, identity and contribution of PCB mixtures were predicted using the chemical mass balance (CMB) receptor model.

Subject Keywords

Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, General Medicine

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41866

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-010-0430-z

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Department of Environmental Engineering, Article

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K. Gedik and İ. İmamoğlu, “A preliminary investigation of the environmental impact of a thermal power plant in relation to PCB contamination,” ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, pp. 968–977, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41866.