Were mercury emission factors for Chinese non-ferrous metal smelters overestimated? Evidence from onsite measurements in six smelters

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 171, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-117

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Wang, Shuxiao ^a   Wu, Qingru ^a   Meng, Yang ^a   Yang, Hai ^a   Wang, Fengyang ^a   Hao, Jiming ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Mercury emission; Non ferrous metal smelting; Onsite measurements

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC MERCURY EMISSIONS; CHINA; FLUE GAS SCRUBBERS; MERCURY EMISSIONS; MERCURY REMOVAL; ON-SITE MEASUREMENT; OXIDIZED MERCURY;

CHEMICAL PLANTS; COPPER SMELTING; FLUE GASES; SULFURIC ACID; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

MERCURY (METAL);

ACID; MERCURY; SULFURIC ACID;

ABSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EMISSION INVENTORY; LEAD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SMELTING; ZINC;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DESULFURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLUE GAS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; OXIDATION KINETICS; POLLUTION MONITORING; SMELTER; WASTE WATER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; METALLURGY;

CHINA;

EID: 84864805164     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.07.036     Document Type: Article

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