Emission Factors and Preliminary Emission Estimates of Air Pollutants from Ships at Berth in the Guangzhou Port

Xue Liang Huang, Zhou Zhang, Wei Qiang Yang, Sheng Li, Ming Zhu, Hua Fang, Jun Jie He, Jun Wen Chen, Cheng Hao Wan, Yan Li Zhang, Guo Guang Liu, Zu Zhao Huang, Yu Jun Wang, Xin Ming Wang*

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Abstract

Three large container vessels over a tonnage of 40×103 t at berth in the Guangzhou Port were selected for determination of air pollutants in exhausts from auxiliary engines to obtain fuel-based emission factors (EFs). The fuel-based EFs for vessels A, B, and C at berth were 3 096, 3 031, and 3 028 g·kg-1, respectively, for CO2; 61.8, 19.9, and 27.0 g·kg-1 for NOx; 8.0, 4.0, and 5.3 g·kg-1 for CO; 31.4, 41.9, and 56.7 g·kg-1 for SO2; 2.4, 1.1, and 1.5 g·kg-1 for PM2.5; and 0.13, 0.09, and 0.17 g·kg-1 for VOCs. With the basic information about ship types, arrival times, and berthing times, the emissions of NOx, CO, SO2, PM2.5, and NH3 from a ship at berth in the Guangzhou Port in 2014 were roughly estimated to be 1 231, 226, 1 229, 47.6 and 0.04 t, respectively, with ships with a tonnage of 10×103-50×103 t sharing the largest burdens, followed by ships over a tonnage of 50×103 t. Estimated emission of VOCs from ships at berth in the Guangzhou Port was about 33.6 t, with vessels below a tonnage of 3×103 t contributing the most.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3162-3168
Number of pages7
JournalHuanjing Kexue/Environmental Science
Volume38
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Air pollutants
  • Emission estimates
  • Emission factor
  • Guangzhou Port
  • Ship emissions

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