Health impacts of domestic coal use in China

• Book ID: 104275447
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2001
• Weight: 204 KB
• Volume: 42
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0140-6701
• DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6701(01)80683-4

✦ Synopsis

A balance method based on element mass balance during coal firing was used to estimate trace heavy metals (Pb, Cd, Hg Cu) emission in the atmosphere near coal combustion. Experimental data of element concentration in the coal, slag and fly ash were adopted for this calculation.

In addition, four other methodologies suggested by different authors were utilized and compared for estimation of element emissions from energetic coal combustion. Evaluations were also made of total amounts of atomic heavy metal emissions on the territory of former Soviet Union.