The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury Measurement Toolkit: An Introduction
| Autor: | Travis P. Johnson, Jeffrey V. Ryan, Peter H. Kariher, Reynaldo Forte |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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business.industry
General Chemical Engineering Energy Engineering and Power Technology chemistry.chemical_element complex mixtures Mercury (element) Fuel Technology Mercury measurement chemistry Environmental protection Fly ash Environmental science lipids (amino acids peptides and proteins) Coal business health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | Energy & Fuels. 26:4643-4646 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5029 0887-0624 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ef3001949 |
| Popis: | This paper summarizes the key characteristics of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (U.S. EPA’s) Mercury Measurement Toolkit and the experiences using it to develop emission factors for coal-fired power plants in China, Russia, and South Africa. The U.S. EPA developed and tested a portable mercury sampling and analytical laboratory (the U.S. EPA’s Mercury Measurement Toolkit). The U.S. EPA’s Mercury Measurement Toolkit is designed to efficiently and economically determine speciated mercury emissions on site at coal-fired facilities. The U.S. EPA, working with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and in-country experts, used the U.S. EPA’s Mercury Measurement Toolkit to develop accurate, timely, reliable, and economical mercury measurements. The measurements, when paired with facility operating information (e.g., fuel usage and heat content), were used to calculate mercury emission rates and mass emissions. Additional analyses of solids (e.g., coal and fly ash) yielded estimates... |
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