Mercury emissions of a coal-fired power plant in Germany
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Title (Dublin Core)
Mercury emissions of a coal-fired power plant in Germany
Description (Dublin Core)
Hg ∕ SO<sub>2</sub>, Hg ∕ CO, NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> ∕ SO<sub>2</sub> (NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> being the sum of NO and NO<sub>2</sub>) emission ratios (ERs) in the plume of the coal-fired power plant (CFPP), Lippendorf, near Leipzig, Germany, were determined within the European Tropospheric Mercury Experiment (ETMEP) aircraft campaign in August 2013. The gaseous oxidized mercury (GOM) fraction of mercury emissions was also assessed. Measured Hg ∕ SO<sub>2</sub> and Hg ∕ CO ERs were within the measurement uncertainties consistent with the ratios calculated from annual emissions in 2013 reported by the CFPP operator, while the NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> ∕ SO<sub>2</sub> ER was somewhat lower. The GOM fraction of total mercury emissions, estimated using three independent methods, was below ∼ 25 %. This result is consistent with other findings and suggests that GOM fractions of ∼ 40 % of CFPP mercury emissions in current emission inventories are overestimated.
Creator (Dublin Core)
Weigelt, Andreas
Slemr, Franz
Ebinghaus, Ralf
Pirrone, Nicola
Bieser, Johannes
Bödewadt, Jan
Esposito, Giulio
Velthoven, Peter F. J.
Date (Dublin Core)
2018-09-19
Type (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/Text
Format (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/application/pdf
Identifier (Dublin Core)
10.5194/acp-16-13653-2016
https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/16/13653/2016/
Source (Dublin Core)
eISSN: 1680-7324
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Relation (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/265113
Rights (Dublin Core)
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
