Characterization and quantification of unintentional POP emissions from primary and secondary copper metallurgical processes in China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-115

  Nie, Zhiqiang ^a   Liu, Guorui ^a   Liu, Wenbin ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Zheng, Minghui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Copper metallurgy; Emission factor; Inventory; Raw materials; Unintentional POPs

Indexed keywords

ASH SAMPLES; CONGENER PATTERN; CONTROL STRATEGIES; COPPER PRODUCTION; EMISSION FACTORS; EMISSION INVENTORIES; FIELD MONITORING; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INVENTORY; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; METALLURGY INDUSTRY; PCDD/PCDFS; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLICY MAKERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN AND DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; STACK GAS; TOTAL EMISSIONS; UNINTENTIONAL POPS;

COPPER; COPPER SMELTING; FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RAW MATERIALS;

COPPER METALLURGY;

COPPER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COPPER; EMISSION INVENTORY; FLY ASH; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; METALLURGY; METALS INDUSTRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLICY MAKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMELTING;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; FLY ASH; METAL INDUSTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMELTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84861618967     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.048     Document Type: Article

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