Establishment of a database of emission factors for atmospheric pollutants from Chinese coal-fired power plants

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1515-1523

  Zhao, Yu ^a,b   Wang, Shuxiao ^a   Nielsen, Chris P ^b   Li, Xinghua ^a   Hao, Jiming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coal fired power plant; Emission factor; Monte Carlo simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE COAL; ASH CONTENTS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CHINESE COAL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIFFERENT SIZES; EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES; EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; EMISSION FACTORS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD TEST; FUEL QUALITY; GAS ANALYZERS; GASEOUS POLLUTANTS; IMPACTORS; LITERATURE SURVEY; LOWER HEATING VALUE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM EMISSIONS; PULVERIZED COAL BOILERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SULFUR CONTENTS; WET FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTHRACITE; BOILER CONTROL; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL FUELED FURNACES; COAL INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS; ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATORS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FIRE TUBE BOILERS; FOG; GAS PLANTS; METAL RECOVERY; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PULVERIZED FUEL FIRED BOILERS; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOVAL; SULFUR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

COAL; FUEL; LIGNITE; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; DATABASE; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ASH; BOILER; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS ANALYSIS; HEATING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

CHINA;

EID: 77649243589     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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