Acid rain in Asia

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:6958981

Bhatti, N; Streets, D G ^[1]; Foell, W K ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
2. Resource Management Associates, Madison, WI (USA) Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (USA)

In Asia, fossil fuels are used in large quantities, such that local air pollution is becoming a serious problem and high deposition levels are being measured. Emission regulations in most countries (with the exception of Japan) are not very stringent. Energy plans in many countries call for very large increases in coal combustion in the future. Finally, there is not presently a strong constituency for action to mitigate the potential effects of acid deposition. These factors imply potentially serious problems in the future for long-range transport and deposition of sulfur and nitrogen species and consequent damage to ecosystems and materials. The political ramifications of transboundary environmental pollution in this region are also potentially serious. A predictive tool could be built to help decision makers project future trends in emissions, estimate the regional consequences for acid deposition levels, evaluate the vulnerability of natural and man-made systems, and determine the costs and effectiveness of alternative mitigative actions that might be taken. Such a policy analysis exercise can start to raise environmental awareness in the region and begin a dialogue that could help ameliorate an environmental problem in its early stages. The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on the acid deposition situation in Asia, with the intention of laying the foundation for the design of a possible research program for this region. 41 refs., 10 figs., 9 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EH
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6958981
• Report Number(s): CONF-8911158-2; ON: DE90010459
• Resource Relation: Conference: Workshop to design an acid deposition policy model for Southeast Asia, Bangkok (Thailand), 13-17 Nov 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
02 PETROLEUM
03 NATURAL GAS
09 BIOMASS FUELS
ACID RAIN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FOSSIL FUELS
COMBUSTION
AIR POLLUTION
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
ASIA
COAL
COMPILED DATA
DAMAGE
ECONOMIC IMPACT
EMISSION
ENERGY SUPPLIES
HEALTH HAZARDS
METEOROLOGY
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
SOILS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUELS
HAZARDS
INFORMATION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDATION
POLLUTION
RAIN
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
540120* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
200500 - Fossil-Fueled Power Plants- Environmental Aspects- (1990-)
010900 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects
020900 - Petroleum- Environmental Aspects
030800 - Natural Gas- Environmental Aspects
095000 - Biomass Fuels- Environmental Aspects- (1990-)