TY - JOUR
T1 - Approaches for controlling air pollutants and their environmental impacts generated from coal-based electricity generation in China
AU - Xu, Changqing
AU - Hong, Jinglan
AU - Ren, Yixin
AU - Wang, Qingsong
AU - Yuan, Xueliang
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2015/8/27
Y1 - 2015/8/27
N2 - This study aims at qualifying air pollutants and environmental impacts generated from coal-based power plants and providing useful information for decision makers on the management of coal-based power plants in China. Results showed that approximately 9.03, 54.95, 62.08, and 12.12 % of the national carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter emissions, respectively, in 2011were generated from coal-based electricity generation. The air pollutants were mainly generated from east China because of the well-developed economy and energy-intensive industries in the region. Coal-washing technology can simply and significantly reduce the environmental burden because of the relativity low content of coal gangue and sulfur in washed coal. Optimizing the efficiency of raw materials and energy consumption is additional key factor to reduce the potential environmental impacts. In addition, improving the efficiency of air pollutants (e.g., dust, mercury, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides) control system and implementing the strict requirements on air pollutants for power plants are important ways for reducing the potential environmental impacts of coal-based electricity generation in China.
AB - This study aims at qualifying air pollutants and environmental impacts generated from coal-based power plants and providing useful information for decision makers on the management of coal-based power plants in China. Results showed that approximately 9.03, 54.95, 62.08, and 12.12 % of the national carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter emissions, respectively, in 2011were generated from coal-based electricity generation. The air pollutants were mainly generated from east China because of the well-developed economy and energy-intensive industries in the region. Coal-washing technology can simply and significantly reduce the environmental burden because of the relativity low content of coal gangue and sulfur in washed coal. Optimizing the efficiency of raw materials and energy consumption is additional key factor to reduce the potential environmental impacts. In addition, improving the efficiency of air pollutants (e.g., dust, mercury, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides) control system and implementing the strict requirements on air pollutants for power plants are important ways for reducing the potential environmental impacts of coal-based electricity generation in China.
KW - Air pollutants
KW - Coal washing
KW - Coal-based electricity generation
KW - Environmental impact assessment
KW - Flue gas desulfurization
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U2 - 10.1007/s11356-015-4539-y
DO - 10.1007/s11356-015-4539-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 25903190
AN - SCOPUS:84937973871
SN - 0944-1344
VL - 22
SP - 12384
EP - 12395
JO - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
JF - Environmental Science and Pollution Research
IS - 16
ER -
