The study has two objectives:
1/ to establish a state of the art on
the identification of gaseous pollutants and particles resulting from the
accidental combustion of a combustible waste storage facility. Identification of source terms and
analysis of available documents, notes and bibliographical publications
relating to combustible waste storage fires available in the open literature.
2/ Identification of the transfer
processes of the pollutants generated in the air, in the extinguishing water
and in the soil. Identification (in a general way) of the
influence of the source term in the event of waste storage fires on dispersion
in the air, in extinguishing water and in deposition on the ground. The importance of these pollutant
transfer processes in the case of fires was discussed in the existing
literature.
An examination of some feedback from industrial fires that have contaminated the aquatic environment, the soil and the surrounding air [e.g. Sandoz (Switzerland, 1986), South Africa (1995)] has provided concrete support for this analysis.
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