Anthropogenic mercury emission inventory with emission factors and total emission in Korea

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2714-2721

  Kim, Jeong Hun ^a   Park, Jung Min ^b   Lee, Sang Bo ^b   Pudasainee, Deepak ^a   Seo, Yong Chil ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anthropogenicsources; Emission factors; Mercury emission; Mercury speciation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CEMENT KILN; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION SOURCES; CONTROL MEASURES; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; EMISSION FACTORS; GLASS-MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; MOBILE SOURCES; OIL REFINERIES; OXIDIZED MERCURY; PARTICULATE MERCURY; PULP AND PAPER; RE-EMISSION; SOURCE TYPES; STACK EMISSIONS; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TOTAL EMISSIONS; TOTAL MERCURIES; WASTE INCINERATOR;

BRICKMAKING; CEMENTS; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FURNACES; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; KILNS; MERCURY (METAL); NONFERROUS METALS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WASTE INCINERATION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

MERCURY;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INCINERATION; KOREA; OIL INDUSTRY; OXIDATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KOREA;

EID: 77953811990     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.037     Document Type: Article

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