Acidic and total primary sulfates: development of emission factors for major stationary combustion sources
This paper develops 'best estimates' of emission factors for major sources of acidic and total primary sulphates for use in the compilation of emission inventories for the eastern US, which may, in turn, be used for modelling acidic or sulphate deposition. The authors conclude that much of the existing data on primary sulphates from stationary combustion sources are probably significantly biased upward and, therefore, inappropriate for the derivation of emission factors. Existing estimates of primary sulphate emissions for these source categories are probably substantially inflated. It also concludes that for most source categories, very little confidence can be attached to the best estimates because of the paucity of data obtained from measurement techniques which are likely to be free of systematic bias.
- OSTI ID:
- 6943933
- Journal Information:
- J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 34:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID SULFATES
AIR POLLUTION
STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES
MONITORING
SULFATES
AIR POLLUTION MONITORS
COMBUSTION
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
COMBUSTORS
EMISSION
FLOW MODELS
GASEOUS WASTES
USA
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MONITORS
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDATION
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION SOURCES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
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Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)