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1. Accelerated Reduction in SO2 Emissions from the U.S. Power Sector Triggered by Changing Prices of Natural Gas

Author:
Lu Xi; McElroy Michael B.; Wu Gang; Nielsen Chris P.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2012 v.46 no.14 pp. 7882-7889
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; coal; economic recession; electricity; emissions; equipment; natural gas; prices; sulfur; sulfur dioxide; United States
Abstract:
... Emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) from the U.S. power sector decreased by 24% in 2009 relative to 2008. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) approach was applied to isolate the factors responsible for this decrease. It is concluded that 15% of the decrease can be attributed to the drop in demand for electricity triggered by the economic recession, and 28% can be attributed to switching of fue ...
DOI:
10.1021/es301023c

2. Accumulation and distribution of PAHs in winter wheat from areas influenced by coal combustion in China

Author:
Kai Tian; Huanyu Bao; Xueping Liu; Fuyong Wu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2018 v.25 no.24 pp. 23780-23790
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; agricultural soils; anthracenes; biomass; coal; combustion; fluorenes; foliar uptake; harvest date; leaves; petroleum; phenanthrenes; principal component analysis; regression analysis; rhizosphere; roots; stems; tissues; winter wheat; China
Abstract:
... In order to investigate level and potential sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in wheat fields affected by coal combustion in Henan and Shaanxi Provinces and to investigate distribution and transfer of PAHs in winter wheat grown in the areas, various tissues of the crop and the corresponding rhizosphere soils were collected during the harvest season of winter wheat. The mean concen ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-018-2456-6

3. Ambient air benzene at background sites in China's most developed coastal regions: Exposure levels, source implications and health risks

Author:
Zhou Zhang; Xinming Wang; Yanli Zhang; Sujun Lü; Zhonghui Huang; Xinyu Huang; Yuesi Wang
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.511 pp. 792-800
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; air; air quality; benzene; biofuels; biomass; burning; carcinogens; cities; coal; coasts; combustion; emissions; heat; humans; leukemia; methyl chloride; risk; river deltas; rivers; tetrachloroethylene; toluene; winter; China; United States; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Benzene is a known human carcinogen causing leukemia, yet ambient air quality objectives for benzene are not available in China. The ambient benzene levels at four background sites in China's most developed coastal regions were measured from March 2012 to February 2013. The sites are: SYNECP, in the Northeast China Plain (NECP); YCNCP, in the North China Plain (NCP); THYRD, in the Yangtze River De ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.003

4. Assessment of PM10 pollution level and required source emission reduction in Belgrade area

Author:
Marija N. Todorovic; Mirjana D. Perisic; Maja M. Kuzmanoski; Andreja M. Stojic; Andrej I. Sostarić; Zoran R. Mijic; Slavica F. Rajsic
Source:
Journal of environmental science and health 2015 v.50 no.13 pp. 1351-1359
ISSN:
1532-4117
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air pollution; air quality; arsenic; basins; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; cities; coal; equations; landfills; lead; manganese; monitoring; nickel; particulates; pollutants; power plants; probability distribution; risk; urban areas; Balkans; Serbia; United States
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to assess PM ₁₀ pollution level and estimate required source emission reduction in Belgrade area, the second largest urban center in the Balkans. Daily mass concentrations and trace metal content (As, Cd, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb) of PM ₁₀ were evaluated for three air quality monitoring sites of different types: urban-traffic (Slavija), suburban (Lazarevac) and rural (Grabovac) und ...
DOI:
10.1080/10934529.2015.1059110

5. Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contamination in surface soil of coal stockpile sites in South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Author:
Andy Mizwar; Bambang Joko Priatmadi; Chairul Abdi; Yulinah Trihadiningrum
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2016 v.188 no.3 pp. 152
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; benzo(a)pyrene; biomass; coal; combustion; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; soil; Borneo; Indonesia
Abstract:
... Concentrations, spatial distribution, and sources of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), listed as priority pollutants by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), were investigated in surface soils of three different coal stockpile, agricultural, and residential sites in South Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Total PAHs concentration ranged from 4.69 to 22.67 mg kg⁻¹-dw. P ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-016-5166-x

6. Assessment of the US EPA’s Determination of the Role for CO2 Capture and Storage in New Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

Author:
Clark Victoria R.; Herzog Howard J.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2014 v.48 no.14 pp. 7723-7729
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; coal; electricity; greenhouse gas emissions; natural gas; power generation; power plants; United States
Abstract:
... On September 20, 2013, the US Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a revised rule for “Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units”. These performance standards set limits on the amount of carbon dioxide (CO₂) that can be emitted per megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity generation from new coal-fired and natural g ...
DOI:
10.1021/es501748r

7. Assessment of the sources of suspended particulate matter aerosol using US EPA PMF 3.0

Author:
Md. Firoz Khan; Koichiro Hirano; Shigeki Masunaga
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2012 v.184 no.2 pp. 1063-1083
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
aerosols; ammonium sulfate; automobiles; coal; combustion; digestion; emissions; ion exchange chromatography; ions; local government; particulates; pollution; soil; spectroscopy; Japan; United States
Abstract:
... The main purpose of this paper was to carry out a source apportionment of suspended particulate matter (SPM) samples using positive matrix factorization procedure. The central and local Government of Japan introduced strict emission regulations in 2002/10 and 2003/10, respectively, in curbing SPM pollution from major metropolitans. This paper also highlighted the impact of the measures taken by th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-011-2021-y
PubMed:
21472386

8. Atmospheric Aerosols over a Southwestern Region of Texas

Author:
Chiou, Paul; Tang, Wei; Lin, Che-Jen; Chu, Hsing-Wei; Tadmor, Rafael; Ho, T. C.
Source:
Environmental modeling and assessment 2009 v.14 no.5 pp. 645-659
ISSN:
1420-2026
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; aerosols; ammonium salts; burning; calcium; carbon; chemical composition; coal; data collection; iron; power plants; seasonal variation; silicon; soil; sulfates; vehicles (equipment); Texas
Abstract:
... Speciated samples of PM₂.₅ were collected at the Big Bend site from July of 2003 to June 2006 and the McDonald Observatory site from July of 2003 to August of 2005 in southwestern Texas, respectively, by the US Environmental Protection Agency. A total of 175 samples for the Big Bend site and 105 samples for the McDonald Observatory site with 52 species were measured; however, 30 and 32 species fro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10666-008-9169-z

9. Atmospheric PM2.5-Bound Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Guiyang City, Southwest China: Concentration, Seasonal Variation, Sources and Health Risk Assessment

Author:
Xuelu Fan; Zhuo Chen; Longchao Liang; Guangle Qiu
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2019 v.76 no.1 pp. 102-113
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; biomass; cluster analysis; coal; combustion; diodes; filters; glass fibers; guidelines; health effects assessments; neoplasms; particulates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; public health; risk; samplers; seasonal variation; summer; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; winter; China; Laos; Vietnam
Abstract:
... The polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) bound to fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) can cause long-term adverse health consequences and are a public concern. A total of 144 PM₂.₅-bound PAHs samples collected from Guiyang City, a typical plateau montane area in southwest China, from September 2012 to August 2013 were investigated to clarify their concentration, distribution, and potential sources. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-018-0563-5

10. Baseline Monitoring of Mercury Levels in Environmental Matrices in the Limpopo Province

Author:
Chavon Walters; Maria Couto; Nick McClurg; Bongiwe Silwana; V. Somerset
Source:
Water, air, and soil pollution 2017 v.228 no.2 pp. 57
ISSN:
0049-6979
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; bioavailability; coal; emissions; freshwater fish; guidelines; mercury; methylmercury compounds; monitoring; sediments; surface water; surveys; water quality
Abstract:
... Mercury (Hg) speciation and bioavailability were studied in surface water, surface sediment and freshwater fish samples collected upstream and downstream of the Medupi (currently under construction) and Matimba power stations in the Waterberg area, Limpopo Province. The initial survey was conducted in May 2010 and continued periodically/seasonally until October 2014. This study was designed to pro ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11270-016-3230-3

11. Behavior of Mercury Emissions from a Commercial Coal-Fired Power Plant: The Relationship between Stack Speciation and Near-Field Plume Measurements

Author:
Landis Matthew S.; Ryan Jeffrey V.; ter Schure Arnout F. H.; Laudal Dennis
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2014 v.48 no.22 pp. 13540-13548
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air pollution; chemical composition; coal; emissions; environmental monitoring; flue gas; mercury; power plants; sampling; sulfur dioxide
Abstract:
... The reduction of divalent gaseous mercury (Hgᴵᴵ) to elemental gaseous mercury (Hg⁰) in a commercial coal-fired power plant (CFPP) exhaust plume was investigated by simultaneous measurement in-stack and in-plume as part of a collaborative study among the U.S. EPA, EPRI, EERC, and Southern Company. In-stack continuous emission monitoring data were used to establish the CFPP’s real-time mercury speci ...
DOI:
10.1021/es500783t

12. Bias in determining aluminum concentrations: Comparison of digestion methods and implications on Al management

Author:
Y. Thomas He; Paul F. Ziemkiewicz
Source:
Chemosphere 2016 v.159 pp. 570-576
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; United States Geological Survey; aluminum; cations; clay; coal; compliance; digestion; drainage; mining; pH; pollutants; sediments; streams; total suspended solids; toxicity; toxicity testing; West Virginia
Abstract:
... Aluminum is an important aquatic contaminant due to its ubiquity, toxicity and low regulatory discharge limits. Aluminum is mobilized in mining related, acidic drainage and is commonly a regulated pollutant. However, while aquatic toxicity studies and toxicity criteria are based on dissolved aluminum(Ald), discharge levels are, for statutory reasons, based on total recoverable aluminum (Alt). The ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.052

13. Biomass fuels and coke plants are important sources of human exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, benzene and toluene

Author:
Ruifang Fan; Junnan Li; Laiguo Chen; Zhencheng Xu; Dechun He; Yuanxiu Zhou; Yuanyuan Zhu; Fusheng Wei; Jihua Li
Source:
Environmental Research 2014 v.135 pp. 1-8
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
DNA damage; United States Environmental Protection Agency; analysis of variance; average daily intake; benzene; biofuels; coal; coal tar; combustion; cooking; creatinine; factories; farmers; fluorenes; geometry; heat; humans; metabolites; naphthalene; risk; rural areas; toluene; urine; China; United States
Abstract:
... Large amounts of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), benzene and toluene (BT) might be emitted from incomplete combustion reactions in both coal tar factories and biomass fuels in rural China. The health effects arising from exposure to PAHs and BT are a concern for residents of rural areas close to coal tar plants. To assess the environmental risk and major exposure sources, 100 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.021

14. Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and synthetic musk compounds with Masson pine (Pinus massoniana L.) needles in Shanghai, China

Author:
Xue-Tong Wang; Ying Zhou; Bao-Ping Hu; Rui Fu; Hang-Xin Cheng
Source:
Environmental pollution 2019 v.252 pp. 1819-1827
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Pinus massoniana; United States Environmental Protection Agency; biomass; coal; combustion; conifer needles; environmental monitoring; factor analysis; local government; natural gas; oils; particulate emissions; pollution; pollution control; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; regression analysis; suburban areas; urban areas; xylene; China
Abstract:
... Twenty-six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and four synthetic musk compounds (SMCs) accumulated by Masson pine needles from different areas of Shanghai were investigated in the present study. Concentrations of Σ26PAHs (sum of 26 PAHs) ranged from 234 × 10−3 to 5370 × 10−3 mg kg−1. Levels of Σ26PAHs in different sampling areas followed the order: urban areas (Puxi and Pudong) > suburbs > Ch ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2019.07.002

15. Characteristics, identification, and potential risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in road dusts and agricultural soils from industrial sites in Shanghai, China

Author:
Jinpu Jia; Chunjuan Bi; Xue Guo; Xueping Wang; Xiaoxiao Zhou; Zhenlou Chen
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2017 v.24 no.1 pp. 605-615
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
agricultural soils; organic matter; wind direction; adults; risk; correlation; steel; neoplasms; oral exposure; combustion; coal; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; grasses; United States Environmental Protection Agency; municipal solid waste; isomers; children; dust; soil sampling; toxicity; phenanthrenes; wood; China
Abstract:
... Road dusts and agricultural soil samples were collected from eight sites close to steel mills, chemical plants, and municipal solid waste incinerator in suburban Shanghai. Sixteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) priority controlled list were analyzed quantitatively using GC-MS. The total PAH concentrations ranged from 0.79 to 6. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-016-7818-3

16. Characteristics, sources, and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban surface dust: a case study of the city of Xi’an in Northwest China

Author:
Lijun Wang; Li Wang; Wendong Tao; Richard C. Smardon; Xingmin Shi; Xinwei Lu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2016 v.23 no.13 pp. 13389-13402
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; case studies; children; cities; coal; combustion; humans; multivariate analysis; neoplasms; petroleum; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; toxicity; traffic; wood; China
Abstract:
... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants. Urban surface dust is an important carrier of PAHs. To investigate the characteristics, sources, and health risk of PAHs in urban surface dust, this study collected urban surface dust samples from Xi’an, the largest city in Northwest China and one of the cities with severe smog occurrences in China. The total concentr ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-016-6528-1

17. Characterization and sources analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments in the Yangtze River Estuary

Author:
Zucheng Wang; Min Liu; Yi Yang
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2015 v.73 no.5 pp. 2453-2462
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; biomass; burning; carbon; chronic exposure; coal; environmental assessment; estuaries; isomers; marshes; particle size; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; rivers; sediments; water currents; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Eighteen polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including 16 PAHs selected as priorities for control by the US Environmental Protection Agency, 1-methylnaphthalene and 2-methylnaphthalene, were determined in sediment samples from the Yangtze River Estuary, including the intertidal marshes and the river plume area. Results showed the PAH concentrations in marsh sediments (316–792 ng g⁻¹) were hig ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-014-3594-x

18. Characterization of carbonaceous fractions in PM2.5 and PM10 over a typical industrial city in central China

Author:
Changlin Zhan; Jiaquan Zhang; Jingru Zheng; Ruizhen Yao; Ping Wang; Hongxia Liu; Wensheng Xiao; Xianli Liu; Junji Cao
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2019 v.26 no.17 pp. 16855-16867
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; aerosols; air pollution; air quality; autumn; biomass; burning; coal; combustion; emissions; meteorological parameters; organic carbon; particulates; photochemistry; pollutants; reflectance; seasonal variation; soot; spring; summer; tracer techniques; winter; China
Abstract:
... Aerosol samples of PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ were collected every 6 days from March 2012 to February 2013 in Huangshi, a typical industrial city in central China, to investigate the characteristics, relationships, and sources of carbonaceous species. The PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ samples were analyzed for organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), char, and soot using the thermal/optical reflectance (TOR) method follo ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-017-9970-9

19. Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vegetables near industrial areas of Shanghai, China: Sources, exposure, and cancer risk

Author:
Jinpu Jia; Chunjuan Bi; Junfeng Zhang; Xiaopei Jin; Zhenlou Chen
Source:
Environmental pollution 2018 v.241 pp. 750-758
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
Chinese cabbage; United States Environmental Protection Agency; acceptable risk; adolescents; adults; body weight; cabbage; children; coal; combustion; emissions; exposure pathways; faba beans; females; food contamination; humans; ingestion; isomers; males; neoplasms; planting; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; rhizomes; romaine lettuce; wind direction; wood; China
Abstract:
... Dietary consumption of contaminated vegetables may contribute to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure in humans; however, this exposure pathway has not been examined thoroughly. This study aims to characterize the concentrations of PAHs in six types of vegetables grown near industrial facilities in Shanghai, China. We analyzed 16 individual PAHs on the US EPA priority list, and the total ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.002

20. Characterization, source apportionment, and risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban soil of Nanjing, China

Author:
Jingyu Yang; Fei Yu; Yuanchun Yu; Junye Zhang; Ruhai Wang; M. Srinivasulu; V. I. Vasenev
Source:
Journal of soils and sediments 2017 v.17 no.4 pp. 1116-1125
ISSN:
1439-0108
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; benzo(a)pyrene; biomass; coal; combustion; forests; health effects assessments; high performance liquid chromatography; humans; isomers; kriging; land use; particulate emissions; petroleum; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; residential areas; risk; soil sampling; topsoil; toxicity; traffic; urban areas; urban soils; China
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread in the urban environment, particularly in urban soil, which are affected by intensive human activities. The purpose of this study was to determine the levels of PAHs in urban areas of Nanjing, China, apportion their sources, and evaluate their health risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS: One hundred eighty topsoil samples (0–10 cm) were collec ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11368-016-1585-0

21. Chemical characteristics and sources of ambient PM2.5 in a harbor area: Quantification of health risks to workers from source-specific selected toxic elements

Author:
Baoshuang Liu; Jianhui Wu; Jing Wang; Laiyuan Shi; He Meng; Qili Dai; Jiao Wang; Congbo Song; Yufen Zhang; Yinchang Feng; Philip K. Hopke
Source:
Environmental pollution 2021 v.268 pp. 115926
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; coal; coasts; combustion; dust; environmental protection; organic matter; pollution; risk; toxicity; Yellow Sea
Abstract:
... Samples of ambient PM₂.₅ were collected in the Qingdao harbor area between 21 March and May 25, 2016, and analyzed to investigate the compositions and sources of PM₂.₅ and to assess source-specific selected toxic element health risks to workers via a combination of positive matrix factorization (PMF) and health risk (HR) assessment models. The mean concentration of PM₂.₅ in harbor area was 48 μg m ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115926

22. Chronic Toxicity of Ferric Iron for North American Aquatic Organisms: Derivation of a Chronic Water Quality Criterion Using Single Species and Mesocosm Data

Author:
Pete Cadmus; Stephen F. Brinkman; Melynda K. May
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2018 v.74 no.4 pp. 605-615
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
Anaxyrus boreas; Dugesia; Hexagenia limbata; Lumbriculus variegatus; Prosopium williamsoni; Salmo trutta; Trichoptera; United States Environmental Protection Agency; aquatic organisms; chronic toxicity; coal; iron; macroinvertebrates; midges; modernization; pH; pollutants; tadpoles; toads; toxicity testing; water quality criteria; United States
Abstract:
... Iron is a common pollutant in waters near coal and hard rock mine disturbances. The current 1000 µg/L total recoverable chronic criterion for iron (Fe) for protection of aquatic life in the United States was developed using very limited data in 1976 and has not been revised since. To develop a more scientifically based criterion, several chronic laboratory toxicity experiments (> 30 days) were con ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-018-0505-2
PubMed:
29356836
PubMed Central:
PMC5893738

23. Climate Benefits of U.S. EPA Programs and Policies That Reduced Methane Emissions 1993–2013

Author:
Melvin April M.; Sarofim Marcus C.; Crimmins Allison R.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2016 v.50 no.13 pp. 6873-6881
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air pollution; air quality; animal manure management; climate; coal; environmental protection; greenhouse gas emissions; issues and policy; landfills; methane; mining; municipal solid waste; natural gas; oils; temperature; United States
Abstract:
... The United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established voluntary programs to reduce methane (CH₄) emissions, and regulations that either directly reduce CH₄ or provide co-benefits of reducing CH₄ emissions while controlling for other air pollutants. These programs and regulations address four sectors that are among the largest domestic CH₄ emissions sources: municipal solid ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.6b00367

24. Coal-fired power plant regulatory rollback in the United States: Implications for local and regional public health

Author:
Vivian E. Thomson; Kelsey Huelsman; Dominique Ong
Source:
Energy policy 2018 v.123 pp. 558-568
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
Clean Air Act; United States Environmental Protection Agency; air quality; carbon monoxide; coal; emissions; mercury; mining; models; mortality; particulates; power plants; public health; risk assessment; screening; United States
Abstract:
... President Trump wants to promote coal and weaken Clean Air Act regulations that affect coal-fired power plants. We analyze which US regions have benefited from air quality improvements realized since adoption of two Clean Air Act power plant rules, the transport and mercury rules, which have been targeted by lobbyists and national officials. For 20 coal states, we create a pre-regulatory emissions ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2018.09.022

25. Comparative Performance and Cost Assessments of Coal- and Natural-Gas-Fired Power Plants under a CO2 Emission Performance Standard Regulation

Author:
Zhai Haibo; Rubin Edward S.
Source:
Energy & Fuels 2013 v.27 no.8 pp. 4290-4301
ISSN:
1520-5029
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; coal; cost analysis; electricity; greenhouse gas emissions; income; natural gas; oils; power plants; prices
Abstract:
... State and federal governments are considering performance standards to limit carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from new fossil-fuel-fired electric-generating units. This study employs a newly developed computational tool to compare the performance and cost impacts of applying a technology-neutral CO₂ emission performance standard to pulverized coal (PC) and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power pla ...
DOI:
10.1021/ef302018v

26. Comparison of Coal- and Oil-Fired Boilers through the Investigation of Filterable and Condensable PM2.5 Sample Analysis

Author:
Hsi-Hsien Yang; S. Md. Arafath; Ya-Fen Wang; Jhin-Yan Wu; Kuei-Ting Lee; Yueh-Shu Hsieh
Source:
Energy & fuels 2018 v.32 no.3 pp. 2993-3002
ISSN:
1520-5029
Subject:
water solubility; United States Environmental Protection Agency; sulfates; boilers; organic carbon; emissions factor; oils; particulates; coal; ammonium; emissions; nitrates
Abstract:
... This study investigated the characteristics of both filterable fine particulate matter (FPM) and condensable particulate matter (CPM) emitted from coal-fired boilers (CFBs) and oil-fired boilers (OFBs) via field sampling. FPM and CPM samples were collected using USEPA Method 201A and Method 202, respectively. Mass concentrations and chemical compositions (including water-soluble ions, metal elemen ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03541

27. Composition, source and potential risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in vegetable soil from the suburbs of Xianyang City, Northwest China: a case study

Author:
Lijun Wang; Xue Xu; Xinwei Lu
Source:
Environmental earth sciences 2016 v.75 no.1 pp. 56
ISSN:
1866-6280
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; benzene; case studies; cluster analysis; coal; combustion; health hazards; molecular weight; petroleum; pollution; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; risk; soil; soil quality; soil sampling; toxicity; vegetables; China
Abstract:
... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. In this study, 16 priority PAHs of United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) in vegetable soil from the suburbs of Xianyang City, Northwest China were investigated. The total concentration of 16 PAHs (∑16PAHs) ranged from 16.68 to 1938.33 μg kg⁻¹, with a mean of 210.31 ± 379.43 μg kg⁻¹. PAHs of vegetabl ...
DOI:
10.1007/s12665-015-4853-1

28. Concentration and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in PM10 of urban, industrial and semi-urban areas in Malaysia

Author:
Anas Ahmad Jamhari; Mazrura Sahani; Mohd Talib Latif; Kok Meng Chan; Hock Seng Tan; Md Firoz Khan; Norhayati Mohd Tahir
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2014 v.86 pp. 16-27
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; atmospheric chemistry; benzo(a)pyrene; carcinogenicity; coal; combustion; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gas emissions; glass fibers; monsoon season; natural gas; neoplasms; particulates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; traffic; Malaysia
Abstract:
... Particulate matter (PM10) associated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air were determined at two sites within the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur (urban, KL) and Petaling Jaya (industrial, PJ), and one site outside the Klang Valley, Bangi (semi-urban, BG). This study aimed to determine the concentration and distribution of PAHs in PM10 and the source of origin through principal c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.12.019

29. Concentrations and inventories of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorine pesticides in watershed soils in the Pearl River Delta, China

Author:
Xiaoxuan Ma; Yong Ran; Jian Gong; Mengyao Zou
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2008 v.145 no.1-3 pp. 453-464
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
DDT (pesticide); HCH (pesticide); United States Environmental Protection Agency; biomass; coal; combustion; estuaries; inventories; linear models; petroleum; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; river deltas; rivers; sediments; soil; soil erosion; soil sampling; vegetables; watersheds; China; South China Sea; United States
Abstract:
... The concentration levels, source, and inventories of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in 55 surface vegetable soils in the watershed of the Pearl River Delta (PRD) were analyzed and compared with those of the surface sediments in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) and northern South China Sea (SCS). The 16 priority PAHs on US EPA list range from 58 to 3,077 μ ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-007-0054-z

30. Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace elements in Arctic soils: A case-study in Svalbard

Author:
Montse Marquès; Jordi Sierra; Tatiana Drotikova; Montse Mari; Martí Nadal; José L. Domingo
Source:
Environmental research 2017 v.159 pp. 202-211
ISSN:
0013-9351
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; arsenic; cadmium; chromium; coal; cobalt; copper; emissions; frigid soils; fuel combustion; lead; manganese; mercury; mining; molybdenum; nickel; organic matter; pollutants; pollution load; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; power plants; soil properties; soil sampling; summer; tin; vanadium; zinc; Norway
Abstract:
... A combined assessment on the levels and distribution profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and trace elements in soils from Pyramiden (Central Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago) is here reported. As previously stated, long-range atmospheric transport, coal deposits and previous mining extractions, as well as the stack emissions of two operative power plants at this settlement are con ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envres.2017.08.003

31. Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in New York City community garden soils: Potential sources and influential factors

Author:
Lydia G. Marquez‐Bravo; Dean Briggs; Hannah Shayler; Murray McBride; Donna Lopp; Edie Stone; Gretchen Ferenz; Kenneth G. Bogdan; Rebecca G. Mitchell; Henry M. Spliethoff
Source:
Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2016 v.35 no.2 pp. 357-367
ISSN:
0730-7268
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; atmospheric deposition; carbon; coal; combustion; community gardens; gardening; horticultural soils; isomers; petroleum; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; soil amendments; soil sampling; urban areas; vegetable growing; wood; New York
Abstract:
... A total of 69 soil samples from 20 community gardens in New York City (New York, USA) were collected and analyzed for 23 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and black carbon. For each garden, samples were collected from nongrowing areas (non‐bed) and from vegetable‐growing beds, including beds with and without visible sources of PAHs. The sum of the US Environmental Protection Agency's 16 prio ...
DOI:
10.1002/etc.3215

32. Consistent declines in aquatic biodiversity across diverse domains of life in rivers impacted by surface coal mining

Author:
Marie Simonin; Jennifer D. Rocca; Jacqueline R. Gerson; Eric Moore; Alexander C. Brooks; Lauren Czaplicki; Matthew R. V. Ross; Noah Fierer; Joseph M. Craine; Emily S. Bernhardt
Source:
Ecological applications 2021 v.31 no.6 pp. e02389
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; algae; aquatic invertebrates; biodiversity; coal; community structure; drainage; ecoregions; environmental DNA; eukaryotic cells; fish; freshwater; hydrochemistry; land use; macroinvertebrates; mountains; pH; salinity; streams; temperate zones; trace elements; water quality; Appalachian region; West Virginia
Abstract:
... The rivers of Appalachia (United States) are among the most biologically diverse freshwater ecosystems in the temperate zone and are home to numerous endemic aquatic organisms. Throughout the Central Appalachian ecoregion, extensive surface coal mines generate alkaline mine drainage that raises the pH, salinity, and trace element concentrations in downstream waters. Previous regional assessments h ...
DOI:
10.1002/eap.2389

33. Contamination and health risk assessment of PAHs in soils and crops in industrial areas of the Yangtze River Delta region, China

Author:
Jian Wang; Xiaofang Zhang; Wanting Ling; Rui Liu; Juan Liu; Fuxing Kang; Yanzheng Gao
Source:
Chemosphere 2017 v.168 pp. 976-987
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adolescence; adulthood; agricultural land; childhood; chives; coal; combustion; females; human health; industry; males; neoplasms; petroleum; polluted soils; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; power plants; principal component analysis; rice; risk; risk assessment; river deltas; spinach; tissues; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... This is the first investigation into both soil and crop contamination and associated health risks by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in industrial areas of the Yangtze River Delta region (YRDR). Soil and crop samples were collected from farmland surrounded by three typical industries (a steelworks [SW], a petrochemical facility [PF] and a power plant [PP]), and the concentrations and healt ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.10.113

34. Contribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) sources to the urban environment: A comparison of receptor models

Author:
Elba Calesso Teixeira; Dayana Milena Agudelo-Castañeda; Camila Dalla Porta Mattiuzi
Source:
Science of the total environment 2015 v.538 pp. 212-219
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air pollution; burning; coal; combustion; data collection; emissions; gasoline; models; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; urban areas; wood; Brazil
Abstract:
... The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of the main emission sources of PAHs associated with PM2.5, in an urban area of the Rio Grande do Sul state. Source apportionment was conducted using both the US EPA Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) model and the Chemical Mass Balance (CMB) model. The two models were compared to analyze the source contributions similarities and differences, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.072

35. Dataset on leaching properties of coal ashes from Malaysian coal power plant

Author:
Salmia Beddu; Teh Sabariah Binti Abd Manan; Mahyun Mohd Zainoodin; Taimur Khan; Wan Hanna Melini Wan Mohtar; Okta Nurika; Hisyam Jusoh; Saba Yavari; Nur Liyana Mohd Kamal; Abdulnoor A. Ghanim; Siddhartha Pati; Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah
Source:
Data in Brief 2020 v.31 pp. 105843
ISSN:
2352-3409
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; arsenic; ash (inorganic matter); atomic absorption spectrometry; coal; combustion; concrete; copper; data collection; hazardous waste; industrial effluents; lead; power plants; toxicity; zinc
Abstract:
... Coal combustion by-products (CCPs) (i.e. fly (FA) and bottom (BA) ashes) generated by power plants contain heavy metals. This research presents leaching properties of coal ashes (FA and BA) collected from Jimah coal-fired power station, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan using USEPA standard methods namely toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP), and synthetic precipitation leaching procedure ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.dib.2020.105843

36. Degradation characteristics of two typical N-heterocycles in ozone process: Efficacy, kinetics, pathways, toxicity and its application to real biologically pretreated coal gasification wastewater

Author:
Hao Zhu; Wencheng Ma; Hongjun Han; Chunyan Xu; Yuxing Han; Weiwei Ma
Source:
Chemosphere 2018 v.209 pp. 319-327
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; ammonium nitrogen; aqueous solutions; aromatic compounds; biochemical oxygen demand; biodegradability; chemical oxygen demand; coal; enzyme activity; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gasification; hydroxylation; ozonation; ozone; pH; pyridines; toxicity; wastewater
Abstract:
... Ozonation of pyridine and indole was investigated both in aqueous solution and biologically pretreated coal gasification wastewater (BPCGW). Experimental results showed that the removal of indole was hardly affected by pH value. Direct reaction rate constant of ozone with pyridine increased from 0.18 M−1 s−1 (protonated pyridine) to 3.03 M−1 s−1 (molecular pyridine), and that with molecular indole ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.067

37. Distribution and Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Xinzhuangzi Reclamation Soil from the Huainan Coal Mining Area, China

Author:
Siping Niu; Liangmin Gao; Junjie Zhao
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2015 v.21 no.4 pp. 900-912
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; agricultural land; agricultural products; cadmium; chromium; coal; copper; heavy metals; land restoration; lead; mercury; mining; nickel; risk assessment; screening; soil; soil ecology; soil invertebrates; soil sampling; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The contamination of coal-mine soil by heavy metals is a widespread problem. This study analyzes the heavy metals (Cu, Zn, Ni, Pb, Cr, Cd, and Hg) found in 33 surface soil samples from Xinzhuangzi, China restored coal-mining land used as cultivated land. The results show that the selected elements were cumulative, especially for Cd. An index of geo-accumulation indicates that the soil was practica ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2014.943572

38. Distribution and emission characteristics of filterable and condensable particulate matter before and after a low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator

Author:
Xiaodong Li; Chenyang Zhou; Jingwei Li; Shengyong Lu; Jianhua Yan
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2019 v.26 no.13 pp. 12798-12806
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; aluminum; anions; ash content; calcium; chlorides; coal; dewpoint; esters; flue gas; fly ash; hydrocarbons; iron; metal ions; particulates; power plants; silicon; sodium; sulfates; temperature
Abstract:
... The low-low temperature electrostatic precipitator (LLT-ESP), a combination of a traditional temperature electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and a non-leakage media gas-gas exchange (MGGH), could reduce the inlet flue gas temperature below the dew point and improved the performance of the ESP. Particulate matter (PM) from the stationary sources contains filterable particulate matter (FPM) and condens ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-019-04570-y

39. Distribution and gas-particle partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over the East China Sea and Yellow Sea in spring: Role of atmospheric transport transition

Author:
Huimin Yu; Tianfeng Guo; Zilan Wu; Tian Lin; Limin Hu; Zhigang Guo
Source:
Science of the total environment 2021 v.762 pp. 143071
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; absorption; adsorption; air; biomass; carbon; coal; combustion; environment; molecular weight; monsoon season; soot; spring; East China Sea; Yellow Sea
Abstract:
... To elucidate the variations in the East Asian monsoon system during seasonal changes and their impacts on continental outflow of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), sixteen integrated air samples were collected during a research cruise covering the Yellow Sea (YS) and East China Sea (ECS) in mid-spring of 2017. The concentrations of total suspended particle (TSP), aerosol-phase PAH fractions, ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143071

40. Distribution and mass inventory of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the south Bohai Sea, China

Author:
Yanwen Qin; Binghui Zheng; Kun Lei; Tian Lin; Limin Hu; Zhigang Guo
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2011 v.62 no.2 pp. 371-376
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
sediments; water pollution; inventories; United States Environmental Protection Agency; phenanthrenes; wood; oils; coal; ships; wastewater; China
Abstract:
... Recent occurrence, distribution and mass inventories of 16 priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) proposed by USEPA in the south Bohai Sea (BS) were studied based on the analytical data of 71 surface sediment samples. The concentrations of 16 PAHs varied from 37 to 537ngg⁻¹ (dry weight). A clear difference was observed between the coastal Bohai Bay (CBB) and its adjacent BS (ABS) in the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.028

41. Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sediment from the upper reach of Huaihe River, East China

Author:
Jinglan Feng; Mengxiao Zhai; Jianhui Sun; Qun Liu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2012 v.19 no.4 pp. 1097-1106
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; biomass; coal; combustion; pollution; research; risk assessment; rivers; sediments; sewage; surveys; toxicity; China
Abstract:
... INTRODUCTION: To assess the status of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) contamination in sediments from the upper reach of Huaihe River, East China, 16 surface sediment samples were collected in March 2007 and analyzed for 16 USEPA priority PAHs. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: The results indicated that the total concentrations of 16 PAHs (∑PAHs) were 95.2–877.5 μg kg−1 dry weight (dw) with a mean ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-011-0620-3

42. Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from Shengli Oil Field, China

Author:
S. Kuang; Y. Su; J. Zhang; Z. Song; H. Wang; W. Yu
Source:
Soil and Water Research v.13 no.2 pp. 74-82
ISSN:
1801-5395
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; benzene; coal; combustion; edaphic factors; environmental protection; fluorine; grasses; naphthalene; oil fields; oils; petroleum; pollutants; research; sludge; soil; soil pollution; water; China
Abstract:
... The concentrations of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are on the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) priority pollutant list, were studied in ten different soil samples from Shengli Oil Field, China. The total PAHs concentrations in the sampled soils attained 1214.9–2965.1 ng/g (2159.6 ng/g on average). The highest total PAHs concentration was in the soil with ...
DOI:
10.17221/35/2017-swr

43. Distribution of heavy metals and metalloids in bulk and particle size fractions of soils from coal-mine brownfield and implications on human health

Author:
Hongxia Li; Hongbing Ji; Chunjing Shi; Yang Gao; Yan Zhang; Xiangyu Xu; Huaijian Ding; Lei Tang; Yuxin Xing
Source:
Chemosphere 2017 v.172 pp. 505-515
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; brownfields; cadmium; children; chromium; coal; copper; food sanitation; food security; heavy metals; human health; ingestion; lead; manganese; mercury; mining; nickel; particle size; risk; scandium; soil separates; titanium; zinc
Abstract:
... Heavy metals (HMs) and metalloids migrate into their surroundings, thus increasing environmental risks and threatening human health. Current studies on coal-mine brownfields, however, have not thoroughly investigated soil-associated HMs and metalloids produced by coal mining. Therefore, this study explored the spatial and particle fraction distribution and human health implications of HMs and meta ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.01.021

44. Distribution of heavy metals in surface soil near a coal power production unit: potential risk to ecology and human health

Author:
Suman Mor; Nitasha Vig; Khaiwal Ravindra
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2022 v.194 no.4 pp. 263
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; coal; ecology; health hazards; human health; human population; pollution load; power generation; risk; soil
Abstract:
... Coal thermal power plants are the dominant factor in producing various hazardous elements in surrounding surface soil, resulting in a significant human health hazard. In the current study, the seasonal (pre- and post-monsoon) concentration of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mg, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn in surface soil around coal power production unit was analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-mass spect ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-021-09692-w

45. Distribution patterns, infiltration and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound PAHs in indoor and outdoor air in cold zone

Author:
Mohammed O.A. Mohammed; Wei-wei Song; Yong-liang Ma; Li-yan Liu; Wan-li Ma; Wen-Long Li; Yi-Fan Li; Feng-yan Wang; Mei-yun Qi; Na Lv; Ding-zhen Wang; Afed Ulla Khan
Source:
Chemosphere 2016 v.155 pp. 70-85
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; burning; coal; cold zones; combustion; crop residues; discriminant analysis; health effects assessments; models; molecular weight; particulates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; relative humidity; risk; seasonal variation; spring; summer; temperature; traffic; wind speed; winter; China
Abstract:
... In this study we investigated the distribution patterns, infiltration and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound PAHs in indoor and outdoor air done in Harbin city, northeastern China. Simultaneous indoor and outdoor sampling was done to collect 264 PM2.5 samples from four sites during winter, summer, and spring. Infiltration of PAHs into indoors was estimated using Retene, Benzo [ghi]perylene and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.023

46. Distribution, sources, and ecological risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the water and suspended sediments from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China

Author:
Chenglong Wang; Xinqing Zou; Yifei Zhao; Baojie Li; Qiaochu Song; Yali Li; Wenwen Yu
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2016 v.23 no.17 pp. 17158-17170
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; coal; combustion; control methods; emissions; environmental assessment; lakes; linear models; particulates; petroleum; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; regression analysis; suspended sediment; toxicity; wood; China; Yangtze River
Abstract:
... Samples were collected from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, China, to study the concentrations, distributions, and compositions of 16 US-EPA priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in water and suspended particulate matter (SPM). We also evaluated sources of the PAHs and their potential toxicity. Total concentrations of the PAHs (ΣPAHs) in water ranged from 17.33 to 77. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-016-6846-3

47. Distributions and potential sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from an emerging industrial city (Xinxiang)

Author:
Jinglan Feng; Nannan Xi; Fei Zhang; Jiahui Zhao; Pengtuan Hu; Jianhui Sun
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2016 v.188 no.1 pp. 61
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; anthracenes; benzo(a)pyrene; biomass; carbon; coal; combustion; environmental assessment; gasoline; naphthalene; pollution; risk; rivers; sediments; toxicity; China
Abstract:
... To investigate the distributions, degree, and possible sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in bed sediments from four rivers of Xinxiang, 18 sediment samples were analyzed. The concentrations ranged from 4.45 × 10³ to 29.0 × 10³ ng/g for ∑15PAHs (sum of US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) priority PAHs apart from naphthalene (Nap)) and 3.37 × 10³ to 23.5 × 10³ ng/g for ∑7carPAH ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-015-5060-y

48. Dynamic optimization of a hybrid system of energy-storing cryogenic carbon capture and a baseline power generation unit

Author:
Seyed Mostafa Safdarnejad; John D. Hedengren; Larry L. Baxter
Source:
Applied energy 2016 v.172 pp. 66-79
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carbon; carbon dioxide; coal; electricity; energy; energy industry; flue gas; greenhouse gas emissions; power generation; power plants; turbines; wind power
Abstract:
... Recently promulgated regulations of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aggressively limit CO2 emissions from the US power industry. Carbon capture and increased utilization of renewable energy sources are viable approaches to reduce CO2 emissions from the power industry. Cryogenic carbon capture considered in this study is a post-combustion CO2 removal system that separates CO2 from the ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.03.074

49. Effect of activated carbon and biochars on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in different industrially contaminated soils

Author:
Michał Kołtowski; Isabel Hilber; Thomas D. Bucheli; Patryk Oleszczuk
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2016 v.23 no.11 pp. 11058-11068
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; activated carbon; bioavailability; biochar; bitumen; coal; polluted soils; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; remediation; soil amendments; soil pore water; sorption; wheat straw
Abstract:
... Coal production negatively affects the environment by the emission of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Two soils (KOK and KB) from a coking plant area was investigated and their total PAH concentration was 40 and 17 mg/kg for the sum (∑) 16 US EPA PAHs, respectively. A third soil was sampled from a bitumen plant area and was characterized by 9 mg/kg ∑16 US EPA PAHs. To reduce the freely di ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-016-6196-1

50. Effects of Air Pollution Control Devices on the Chlorine Emission from 410 t/h Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers Co-firing Petroleum Coke and Coal

Author:
Jian Cui; Lunbo Duan; Linfei Zhou; Changsui Zhao
Source:
Energy & fuels 2018 v.32 no.4 pp. 4410-4416
ISSN:
1520-5029
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air pollutants; air pollution; boilers; bottom ash; chlorides; chlorine; coal; dominant species; field experimentation; filters; flue gas; flue gas desulfurization; fluidized beds; gypsum; hydrochloric acid; limestone; petroleum; pollution control; slurries; streams; wastewater
Abstract:
... The emission characteristics of Cl were investigated on the basis of the field experiments at three 410 t/h circulating fluidized bed boilers co-firing petroleum coke and coal. All of the boilers were equipped with advanced air pollutant control devices (APCDs) to meet the ultralow emission requirement, such as selective non-catalytic reduction, electrostatic precipitator (ESP) or fabric filters ( ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03106

51. Emerging and legacy PAHs in urban soils of four small cities: Concentrations, distribution, and sources

Author:
Peng Gao; Min Xu; Yalan Liu; Evandro B. da Silva; Ping Xiang; Lena Q. Ma
Source:
Science of the total environment 2019 v.685 pp. 463-470
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; biomass; carcinogenicity; cities; coal; combustion; health effects assessments; human health; models; particulate emissions; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; soil remediation; soil sampling; urban soils; Florida
Abstract:
... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread organic contaminants in the environment, much being accumulated in soils. Although their concentrations in large cities have been studied, their levels in small cities were less studied. This study determined the concentrations, distributions, and sources of 16 USEPA priority PAHs (legacy PAHs) and 6 emerging PAHs in urban soils of four small ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.403

52. Emission characteristics for gaseous- and size-segregated particulate PAHs in coal combustion flue gas from circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler

Author:
Ruwei Wang; Guijian Liu; Ruoyu Sun; Balal Yousaf; Jizhong Wang; Rongqiong Liu; Hong Zhang
Source:
Environmental pollution 2018 v.238 pp. 581-589
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; absorption; adsorption; coal; combustion; dust control; emissions factor; flue gas; fluidized beds; molecular weight; organic carbon; particle size; particle size distribution; particulates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; power plants
Abstract:
... The partitioning behavior of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) between gaseous and particulate phases from coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) is critically important to predict PAH removal by dust control devices. In this study, 16 US-EPA priority PAHs in gaseous and size-segregated particulate phases at the inlet and outlet of the fabric filter unit (FFs) of a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2018.03.051

53. Environmental, Economic, and Energy Assessment of the Ultimate Analysis and Moisture Content of Municipal Solid Waste in a Parallel Co-combustion Process

Author:
McPhail Ana; Griffin Robert; El-Halwagi Mahmoud; Medlock Kenneth; Alvarez Pedro J. J.
Source:
Energy & Fuels 2014 v.28 no.2 pp. 1453-1462
ISSN:
1520-5029
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; air pollution; air quality; carbon dioxide; carbon monoxide; coal; combustion; computer software; cost effectiveness; electricity; energy; energy recovery; environmental impact; flue gas; greenhouse gas emissions; landfills; municipal solid waste; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; paper; plastics; pollutants; recycled paper; simulation models; sulfur dioxide; water content
Abstract:
... Use of municipal solid waste (MSW) as fuel for electricity generation reduces landfill disposal and can mitigate air quality degradation associated with combustion of conventional fossil fuels. Co-combustion is a waste-to-energy technology that can use MSW and coal as co-fuels, offering potential energy recovery and reduced air emissions. This research discerns how MSW composition influences the h ...
DOI:
10.1021/ef401373n

54. Establishment of Indicatory Metals for Filterable and Condensable PM₂.₅ Emitted from Important Stationary Emission Sources

Author:
Hsi-Hsien Yang; Sunil Kumar Gupta; Narayan Babu Dhital; Kuei-Ting Lee; Yueh-Shu Hsieh; Shi-Cheng Huang
Source:
Energy & fuels 2019 v.33 no.11 pp. 10878-10887
ISSN:
1520-5029
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; arsenic; barium; boilers; cadmium; calcium; coal; cobalt; combustion; fuelwood; incinerators; models; natural gas; nickel; oils; particulates; potassium; raw materials; selenium; temperature; vanadium
Abstract:
... This study investigated indicatory metals in the filterable (FPM₂.₅) and condensable (CPM) particulate matter emitted from six different types of stationary stacks (based on fuels and raw materials, n = 33), namely, coal boiler (COL), heavy oil boiler (HOL), wood boiler (WOD), diesel boiler (DSL), natural gas boiler (NGS), and incinerator (INR). FPM₂.₅ and CPM samples were collected following U.S. ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.energyfuels.9b02889

55. Estimating Potential Increased Bladder Cancer Risk Due to Increased Bromide Concentrations in Sources of Disinfected Drinking Waters

Author:
Regli Stig; Chen Jimmy; Messner Michael; Elovitz Michael S.; Letkiewicz Frank J.; Pegram Rex A.; Pepping T.J.; Richardson Susan D.; Wright J. Michael
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2015 v.49 no.22 pp. 13094-13102
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; byproducts; climate change; coal; disinfection; drinking water; oils; power plants; risk; textile mills; urinary bladder neoplasms; water treatment; United States
Abstract:
... Public water systems are increasingly facing higher bromide levels in their source waters from anthropogenic contamination through coal-fired power plants, conventional oil and gas extraction, textile mills, and hydraulic fracturing. Climate change is likely to exacerbate this in coming years. We estimate bladder cancer risk from potential increased bromide levels in source waters of disinfecting ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.5b03547

56. Extremely high abundance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aerosols from a typical coal-combustion rural site in China: Size distribution, source identification and cancer risk assessment

Author:
Wenhuai Song; Fang Cao; Yu-Chi Lin; Md. Mozammel Haque; Xia Wu; Yixuan Zhang; Chunyan Zhang; Feng Xie; Yan-Lin Zhang
Source:
Atmospheric research 2021 v.248 pp. 105192
ISSN:
0169-8095
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; absorption; adsorption; aerosols; air; air pollution; air quality; alkanes; coal; combustion; environmental protection; research; risk; risk assessment; China
Abstract:
... Air quality in China is tending to improve, especially in urban areas. Nevertheless, rural areas and underdeveloped cities in northern China are still suffering from severe air pollution in winter due to large usage of coal and unfavorable meteorological conditions. In this study, size-segregated aerosol samples were collected from a typical coal-combustion rural site in Linfen, China during an ex ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105192

57. Fate of PM2.5-bound PAHs in Xiangyang, central China during 2018 Chinese spring festival: Influence of fireworks burning and air-mass transport

Author:
Tianpeng Hu; Yao Mao; Weijie Liu; Cheng Cheng; Mingming Shi; Zhanle Chen; Qian Tian; Jiaquan Zhang; Shihua Qi; Xinli Xing
Source:
Journal of environmental sciences (China) 2020 v.97 pp. 1-10
ISSN:
1001-0742
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; air quality; biomass; coal; combustion; pollutants; risk; traffic; China
Abstract:
... Variations of levels, possible source and air mass transmission were investigated for 16 USEPA priority-controlled PAHs in PM₂.₅ during 2018 Chinese Spring Festival (CSF) in Xiangyang City, central China which is the North-South pollutant airmass transport channel of China. Totally 37 samples were collected. Mass concentrations of Σ₁₆PAHs for the Pre–CSF day (Pre–CSFD), during the CSF day (CSFD) a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jes.2020.04.011

58. Fate of sulfur in coal-direct chemical looping systems

Author:
Cheng Chung; Yaswanth Pottimurthy; Mingyuan Xu; Tien-Lin Hsieh; Dikai Xu; Yitao Zhang; Yu-Yen Chen; Pengfei He; Marshall Pickarts; Liang-Shih Fan; Andrew Tong
Source:
Applied energy 2017 v.208 pp. 678-690
ISSN:
0306-2619
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; byproducts; carbon; carbon dioxide; carbon sequestration; cleaning; coal; flue gas; fluidized beds; gasification; hydrogen sulfide; iron; oxidation; oxygen; sulfur; sulfur dioxide; thermogravimetry; value added
Abstract:
... The fate of sulfur in the coal-direct chemical looping system was investigated in the sub-pilot reactor system. The sulfur balance was successfully closed during the injection of high sulfur coal. More than 69% of the total amount of atomic sulfur in coal was released as SO2 and H2S from the reducer flue gas stream while less than 5% was emitted as SO2 from the combustor spent air. The remaining a ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.09.079

59. Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Composition and Implications for Regulatory and Treatment Train Design

Author:
Daniel B. Gingerich; Meagan S. Mauter
Source:
Environmental science & technology 2020 v.54 no.7 pp. 3783-3792
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air pollution control; coal; compliance; flue gas desulfurization; models; trace elements; wastewater; wastewater treatment
Abstract:
... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently revising its regulations on trace element discharges from flue gas desulfurization (FGD) wastewater. In this work, we expand a predictive model of trace element behavior at coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) to estimate the trace element concentration of FGD wastewater at the plant level. We demonstrate that variation in trace element concentratio ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.9b07433

60. Flux of Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds (PAHs) from the Atmosphere and from Reindeer/Bird Feces to Arctic Soils in Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard)

Author:
Guangshui Na; Yuyuan Liang; Ruijing Li; Hui Gao; Shuaichen Jin
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2021 v.81 no.1 pp. 166-181
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; birds; coal; combustion; environmental protection; feces; naphthalene; phenanthrenes; pollution; reindeer; toxicology; volatilization; Arctic region; Norway
Abstract:
... Atmospheric, soil, and feces samples were collected in Ny-Ålesund during July 2015. The concentrations, distributions, congener profiles, and contaminant migration levels were analyzed for 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) as priority contaminants (16 PAHs). Mean concentrations in the gas and particle phases were 37. ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-021-00851-1

61. Gaseous Contaminant Emissions as Affected by Burning Scrap Tires in Cement Manufacturing

Author:
F. Carrasco; N. Bredin; M. Heitz
Source:
Journal of environmental quality 2002 v.31 no.5 pp. 1484-1490
ISSN:
1537-2537
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; aluminum; burning; cement; chromium; coal; computer software; copper; dioxins; environmental impact; furans; gas emissions; hydrochloric acid; iron; lead; manganese; manufacturing; mercury; models; naphthalene; nitrogen oxides; particulates; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; sulfur dioxide; tires; zinc
Abstract:
... We studied the environmental impact (gaseous emissions) of using scrap tires as a fuel substitute at a cement plant that produces one million tons of cement per year. Using a combination of tires and coal as opposed to only coal caused variations in the pollutant emission rate. The study recorded a 37% increase in the rate of emission for CO, a 24% increase for SO₂, an 11% decrease for NOₓ, and a ...
DOI:
10.2134/jeq2002.1484
PubMed:
12371165

62. Hazard assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water and sediment in the vicinity of coalmines

Author:
Mathapelo P. Seopela; Robert I. McCrindle; Sandra Combrinck; Thierry J-C. Regnier
Source:
Journal of soils and sediments 2016 v.16 no.12 pp. 2740-2752
ISSN:
1439-0108
Subject:
Danio rerio; United States Environmental Protection Agency; abnormal development; coal; crocodiles; embryogenesis; fish; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; hazard characterization; industrialization; microwave treatment; mining; monitoring; mortality; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; rivers; sediments; summer; surface water; tissues; toxicity; winter; South Africa
Abstract:
... PURPOSE: Rivers feeding into the Loskop Dam, South Africa, pass through coal mining and heavily industrialised areas. Previous studies investigating mass mortalities of crocodile and fish in the river system, revealed the presence of organic compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), in their tissues. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Samples were collected from nine sites within the dam i ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11368-016-1499-x

63. Health Risk Assessment, Composition, and Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Drinking Water of Southern Jharkhand, East India

Author:
Balram Ambade; Shrikanta Shankar Sethi; Amit Kumar; Tapan Kumar Sankar; Sudarshan Kurwadkar
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2021 v.80 no.1 pp. 120-133
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adults; anthracenes; burning; carcinogenicity; children; chronic exposure; coal; density; drinking; drinking water; exhibitions; fuel combustion; grasses; groundwater; health effects assessments; human health; industry; molecular weight; occurrence; pollutants; pollution; risk; risk assessment; sampling; standard deviation; toxicology; wood; India
Abstract:
... The studies on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurrence, distribution, health risk, and composition in drinking water are limited in India and worldwide. The main objective of this study was to find the contaminant sources, composition, health risk, and distribution of USEPA’s 16 priority pollutant PAHs in the drinking water samples collected between July 2019 to September 2019 from six ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-020-00779-y

64. Health benefits and control costs of tightening particulate matter emissions standards for coal power plants - The case of Northeast Brazil

Author:
Daniel B. Howard; Jesse Thé; Rafael Soria; Neal Fann; Roberto Schaeffer; Jean-Daniel M. Saphores
Source:
Environment international 2019 v.124 pp. 420-430
ISSN:
0160-4120
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; coal; developing countries; economic valuation; electricity; guidelines; hospitals; human health; inventories; models; particulate emissions; particulates; power plants; Brazil
Abstract:
... Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) caused an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide in 2015. However, PM emission standards for power plants vary widely. To explore if the current levels of these standards are sufficiently stringent in a simple cost-benefit framework, we compared the health benefits (avoided monetized health costs) with the control costs of tightening PM emission standard ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.029

65. Health risk assessment of heavy metals in groundwater of coal mining area: A case study in Dingji coal mine, Huainan coalfield, China

Author:
Shizhen Zhang; Guijian Liu; Ruoyu Sun; Dun Wu
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2016 v.22 no.7 pp. 1469-1479
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; atomic absorption spectrometry; cadmium; case studies; chromium; coal; copper; drinking water; groundwater; heavy metals; human health; humans; iron; lead; manganese; mining; models; nickel; risk; risk assessment; zinc; China
Abstract:
... Heavy metals enrichment in groundwater poses great ecological risks to human beings. In the present research work, a total of 59 groundwater samples from 12 sampling points in Dingji coal mine, Huainan coalfield, were collected and measured for Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Ni, Mn, Cr, and Fe by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The human health risk caused by heavy metals through the pathw ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2016.1185689

66. Heavy Metal Accumulation in Hot Water Tanks in a Region Experiencing Coal Waste Pollution and Comparison Between Regional Water Systems

Author:
Wigginton, Andrew; McSpirit, Stephanie; Sims, C. Dewayne
Source:
Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 2007 v.79 no.4 pp. 405-409
ISSN:
0007-4861
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; arsenic; barium; cadmium; chromium; coal; cobalt; copper; drinking water; guidelines; heavy metals; iron; lead; manganese; pollution; public water supply; slurries; tanks; water quality; Kentucky
Abstract:
... In 2000, a coal slurry impoundment failure in Martin County, Kentucky, caused concerns about contaminants entering municipal water supplies. Water samples taken from impacted and reference area hot water tanks often exceeded US EPA drinking water guidelines. Concentrations of As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Pb had maxima of 119; 51.9; 154; 170,000; 976,000; 8,710; and 12,700 μg/L, respectively. Signif ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00128-007-9268-6
PubMed:
17846700

67. Heavy metal pollution status and health risk assessment vicinity to Barapukuria coal mine area of Bangladesh

Author:
Md. Arif Hossen; Ahnaf Ismam Haque Chowdhury; Md. Reaz Akter Mullick; Asiful Hoque
Source:
Environmental nanotechnology, monitoring & management 2021 v.16 pp. 100469
ISSN:
2215-1532
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; administrative management; bioaccumulation; coal; combustion; ecosystems; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; paddies; people; pollution load; rice; subsoil; Bangladesh
Abstract:
... Study related to pollution and subsequence health risk assessment adjacent to coal mining region is indispensable since coal mining and combustion have adverse impacts on the soil, subsoil, and plants in the surrounding area with a threat to human health and ecosystem. This study assesses the heavy metal pollution in water and soil as well as uptake in several parts of paddy plants over the three ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enmm.2021.100469

68. Historical trends of concentrations, source contributions and toxicities for PAHs in dated sediment cores from five lakes in western China

Author:
Jian Xu; Jian-Yang Guo; Gui-Rong Liu; Guo-Liang Shi; Chang-Sheng Guo; Yuan Zhang; Yin-Chang Feng
Source:
Science of the total environment 2014 v.470-471 pp. 519-526
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; biomass; coal; combustion; factor analysis; lakes; models; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; sediments; toxicity; China
Abstract:
... In this work, sixteen U.S. EPA priority PAH compounds in the dated sediment cores were detected from five lakes in western China. In most lakes, the concentrations of the total PAHs (ΣPAHs) increased from the deep layers to the surface sediments. Two source categories, i.e. vehicular emission and biomass & domestic coal combustion were identified by Unmix, a factor analysis receptor model to explo ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.022

69. Human Health Risk Assessment and Early Warning of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil of a Coal Chemical Plant in Northwest China

Author:
Kai Zhang; Xinhui Zheng; Huifang Li; Zhehui Zhao
Source:
Soil & sediment contamination 2020 v.29 no.5 pp. 481-502
ISSN:
1549-7887
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; acceptable risk; area; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; coal; exhibitions; exposure pathways; groundwater; guidelines; health effects assessments; heavy metals; human health; human resources; humans; kriging; lead; mercury; models; open space; paper; protective clothing; research; risk assessment; sampling; sediment contamination; soil; soil pollution; transportation; China
Abstract:
... In this paper, 153 samples of heavy metals in the soil of a coal chemical plant in Northwest China were collected in the study area to predict and evaluate the human health risks of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr(VI)), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) in the soil of the plant area in 2021, 2026, and 2031 and their change laws by referring to the “Soil Environmental Capacity Model,” “Technical ...
DOI:
10.1080/15320383.2020.1746737

70. Human Health Risk of Metals in Drinking-Water Source Areas from a Forest Zone after Long-Term Excessive Deforestation

Author:
Lixin Ma; Xuebo Qin; Nan Sun; Guoting Yang
Source:
Human and ecological risk assessment 2014 v.20 no.5 pp. 1200-1212
ISSN:
1549-7860
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; anthropogenic activities; arsenic; cadmium; carcinogenicity; chromium; coal; combustion; copper; deforestation; drinking water; exposure pathways; forests; human health; ingestion; iron; lead; manganese; mercury; models; principal component analysis; risk; selenium; zinc; China
Abstract:
... The concentrations of 10 metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, Se, Zn) were determined in drinking water in Khingan, China, a forest zone after long-term excessive deforestation. These metals’ concentrations in water exceeded background values of metals in some other regions of the world, indicating that there were other metal sources contributing to such high levels of metals in Khingan. Arseni ...
DOI:
10.1080/10807039.2013.854134

71. Human health risk assessment of arsenic in a region influenced by a large coal-fired power plant

Author:
L. Müller; P. F. Ramires; M. dos Santos; M. V. Coronas; J. V. Lima; D. Dias; A. L. Muccillo-Baisch; P. R. M. Baisch; F. M. R. da Silva Júnior
Source:
International journal of environmental science and technology 2022 v.19 no.1 pp. 281-288
ISSN:
1735-1472
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; arsenic; atmospheric deposition; average daily intake; breathing; carcinogenicity; coal; environmental science; health effects assessments; human health; inhalation exposure; models; power plants; risk; soil; technology; wind direction; Brazil
Abstract:
... Previous studies in the largest coal mining region of Brazil showed the strong influence of the coal-fired power plant in spatial distribution of As, especially in prevailing wind direction. However, it was not evaluated the risk of As on the local population. Thus, this study aims to assess the human health risk of As in a region under influence of atmospheric deposition of As from the coal-fired ...
DOI:
10.1007/s13762-021-03167-8

72. Human health risk assessment of metals and anions in surface water from a mineral coal region in Brazil

Author:
Alicia da Silva Bonifácio; Rodrigo de Lima Brum; Ronan Adler Tavella; Paula Florêncio Ramires; Ingrid Medeiros Lessa; Marina dos Santos; Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Júnior
Source:
Environmental monitoring and assessment 2021 v.193 no.9 pp. 567
ISSN:
0167-6369
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; coal; health effects assessments; human health; laws and regulations; power generation; risk; surface water; Brazil
Abstract:
... Coal mining releases high concentration elements to the environment, which can be deposited in surface water, causing several human health problems. Candiota mine in the south of Brazil is the largest coal reserves in the country, representing approximately 40% of total national coal reserves. Therefore, the present study aimed to estimate the chronic daily dose and the non-carcinogenic risk index ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10661-021-09359-6

73. The Impact of Coal Combustion Residue Effluent on Water Resources: A North Carolina Example

Author:
Ruhl Laura; Vengosh Avner; Dwyer Gary S.; Hsu-Kim Heileen; Schwartz Grace; Romanski Autumn; Smith S. Daniel
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2012 v.46 no.21 pp. 12226-12233
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; adsorption; anaerobic conditions; aquatic organisms; coal; combustion; drinking water; effluents; electricity; freshwater; guidelines; lakes; ponds; power plants; recycling; rivers; sediments; surface water; trace elements; waterways; North Carolina
Abstract:
... The combustion of coal to generate electricity produces about 130 million tons of coal combustion residues (CCRs) each year in the United States; yet their environmental implications are not well constrained. This study systematically documents the quality of effluents discharged from CCR settling ponds or cooling water at ten sites and the impact on associated waterways in North Carolina, compare ...
DOI:
10.1021/es303263x

74. Impacts of updated emission inventories on source apportionment of fine particle and ozone over the southeastern U.S.

Author:
Yang Zhang; Wei Wang; Shiang-Yuh Wu; Kai Wang; Hiroaki Minoura; Zifa Wang
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2014 v.88 pp. 133-154
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air quality; ammonia; atmospheric chemistry; biomass; burning; coal; combustion; emissions; formaldehyde; gasoline; inventories; issues and policy; model validation; models; nitrogen content; nitrogen oxides; ozone; particulates; pollutants; sulfur dioxide; urban areas; wildfires; Florida
Abstract:
... As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency updates the National Emission Inventory (NEI), the source contributions (SC) of major source sectors to major pollutants based on source apportionment techniques should be periodically reassessed to reflect changes in SCs due to changes in emissions. This work assesses emission updates from the 1999 NEI version 2 (NEI99v2) and the 2005 NEI (NEI05) and th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.035

75. An Improved Approach to Estimate Methane Emissions from Coal Mining in China

Author:
Zhu Tao; Bian Wenjing; Zhang Shuqing; Di Pingkuan; Nie Baisheng
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2017 v.51 no.21 pp. 12072-12080
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; coal; emissions factor; environmental science; greenhouse gas emissions; inventories; methane; methane production; mining; models; regression analysis; uncertainty; China
Abstract:
... China, the largest coal producer in the world, is responsible for over 50% of the total global methane (CH₄) emissions from coal mining. However, the current emission inventory of CH4 from coal mining has large uncertainties because of the lack of localized emission factors (EFs). In this study, province-level CH4 EFs from coal mining in China were developed based on the data analysis of coal prod ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.est.7b01857

76. Indirect estimation of emission factors for phosphate surface mining using air dispersion modeling

Author:
Dmitry Tartakovsky; Eli Stern; David M. Broday
Source:
Science of the total environment 2016 v.556 pp. 179-188
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; coal; emissions factor; model validation; models; phosphates; surface mining; uncertainty; Jordan; Syria
Abstract:
... To date, phosphate surface mining suffers from lack of reliable emission factors. Due to complete absence of data to derive emissions factors, we developed a methodology for estimating them indirectly by studying a range of possible emission factors for surface phosphate mining operations and comparing AERMOD calculated concentrations to concentrations measured around the mine. We applied this app ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.207

77. Influence of Solar Photovoltaic System on the Concentration and Environmental Risks of Heavy Metals in Subsidence Pond Water from Coal Mining Area: A Case Study from Huainan Subsidence Pond

Author:
Xingming Wang; Yingying Zhao; Zhaoxia Chu; Xiaokun Yu; Tingyu Fan; Gang Li; Jiamei Zhang; Xiaoping Xu; Quan Zhen; Xiaojing Cheng; Zhongbing Dong
Source:
Water 2022 v.14 no.14 pp. -
ISSN:
2073-4441
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carcinogenicity; case studies; coal; heavy metals; ingestion; models; risk; solar collectors; subsidence; surface water; water quality; China
Abstract:
... The subsidence pond is an important water resource for coal mining areas in China. In order to take full advantage of the subsidence pond, a floating photovoltaic cover or a pillaring photovoltaic cover were installed on the surface water of the subsidence pond in the Huainan coal field. Different photovoltaic systems (floating/pilling cover) equipped in the subsidence pond may affect the water qu ...
DOI:
10.3390/w14142257

78. Influence of metal(loid) bioaccumulation and maternal transfer on embryo-larval development in fish exposed to a major coal ash spill

Author:
Mark S. Greeley; S. Marshall Adams; Logan R. Elmore; Mary K. McCracken
Source:
Aquatic toxicology 2016 v.173 pp. 165-177
ISSN:
0166-445X
Subject:
Lepomis; Macrolophus; United States Environmental Protection Agency; abnormal development; adults; animal ovaries; arsenic; at-risk population; bioaccumulation; coal; eggs; females; fish; fish development; hatching; laboratory experimentation; larvae; mercury; progeny; risk; rivers; selenium; spermatozoa; water quality criteria; watersheds; Tennessee
Abstract:
... In December 2008, an earthen retaining wall at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant failed and released 4.1 millionm3 of coal ash to rivers flowing into Watts Bar Reservoir in east Tennessee, United States (U.S.). As part of a comprehensive effort to evaluate the risks to aquatic resources from this spill – the largest in U.S. history – we compared bioaccumulation and ma ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.12.021

79. Investigation into atmospheric PM₂.₅-borne PAHs in Eastern cities of China: concentration, source diagnosis and health risk assessment

Author:
Ye Li; Xinran Liu; Min Liu; Xiaofei Li; Fei Meng; Juan Wang; Wenjun Yan; Xianbiao Lin; Junmin Zhu; Yukun Qin
Source:
Environmental science 2016 v.18 no.5 pp. 529-537
ISSN:
2050-7895
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; benzo(a)pyrene; breathing; cities; coal; combustion; emissions; environmental science; gasoline; health effects assessments; liquids; neoplasms; particulates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk estimate; China
Abstract:
... This study investigated PM₂.₅-PAHs associations collected in Beijing, Jinan, and Shanghai in Eastern China. The results indicated that PM₂.₅ concentrations in Beijing, Jinan, and Shanghai were 125.7 μg m⁻³ (18.6–355.5 μg m⁻³), 115.9 μg m⁻³ (44.2–345.4 μg m⁻³), and 85.1 μg m⁻³ (24.3–232.8 μg m⁻³), respectively. The PAH concentrations in terms of PM₂.₅ in Beijing, Jinan, and Shanghai ranged from 23. ...
DOI:
10.1039/c6em00012f

80. Investigation of sources, ecological and health risks of sedimentary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in River Benue, Nigeria

Author:
Imisi Michael Arowojolu; Sylvester Mbaavaga Tongu; Adams Udoji Itodo; Fernando Fabriz Sodre; Barnabas Aloo Kyenge; Raymond Chibueze Nwankwo
Source:
Environmental technology & innovation 2021 v.22 pp. 101457
ISSN:
2352-1864
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; at-risk population; carcinogenicity; coal; combustion; environmental technology; human health; multivariate analysis; mutagens; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; rivers; sediments; solid phase extraction; wildlife; wood; Nigeria
Abstract:
... The occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs) in sediments of River Benue, one of the major rivers in West Africa and the second largest in Nigeria, was investigated in this work. Their sources, ecological and human health risks were also assessed. Sediment samples, collected from six locations along the river, in Makurdi metropolis, were submitted to Soxhlet extraction, cleaned-up and ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.eti.2021.101457

81. Leaching behavior of fly ash from co-firing of coal with alternative off gas fuel in powerplant boilers

Author:
Sebastian Stefaniak; Ewa Kmiecik; Ewa Miszczak; Jadwiga Szczepańska-Plewa; Irena Twardowska
Source:
Applied geochemistry 2018 v.93 pp. 129-144
ISSN:
0883-2927
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; alternative fuels; aluminum; antimony; arsenic; barium; beryllium; boilers; boron; bromine; cadmium; calcium; calcium oxide; carbonates; cations; chlorine; chromium; climate change; coal; coal fly ash; cobalt; combustion; copper; environmental impact; ferric oxide; geochemistry; iodine; iron; leaching; lead; lithium; magnesium; magnesium oxide; manganese; mercury; molybdenum; neutralization; nickel; nonrenewable resources; oxyanions; pH; potassium; power plants; selenium; silicon; silver; sodium; strontium; sulfates; thallium; titanium; tungsten; vanadium; wastes; zinc; zirconium
Abstract:
... The attenuation of climate changes through substitution of coal with GHG-neutral or low-emission fuels, a replacement of non-renewable resources with renewable ones and reuse of waste materials is being achieved among others by partial or total substitution of coal in power plants with alternative fuels that may affect the composition and leaching behavior of coal fly ash (CFA), and therefore its ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.04.003

82. Life cycle greenhouse gas footprint of shale gas: a probabilistic approach

Author:
Anjuman Shahriar; Rehan Sadiq; Solomon Tesfamariam
Source:
Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment 2014 v.28 no.8 pp. 2185-2204
ISSN:
1436-3240
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; United States Environmental Protection Agency; basins; case studies; coal; drilling; emissions; greenhouse gases; methane production; natural gas; probabilistic models; rivers; shale; wells; British Columbia; United States
Abstract:
... With the increase in natural gas (NG) production in recent years, primarily from shale gas, some sources, including the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have suggested that upstream methane emissions are increasing. Much of the recent controversy has centered on emissions during well drilling, testing, and completion even though emissions downstream of the wellhead are also of concern. Th ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00477-014-0874-7

83. Long-term trends in local and transported PM2.5 pollution in New York City

Author:
Masha Pitiranggon; Sarah Johnson; Jay Haney; Holger Eisl; Kazuhiko Ito
Source:
Atmospheric environment 2021 v.248 pp. 118238
ISSN:
1352-2310
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; air pollution; air quality; ammonium nitrate; ammonium sulfate; biomass; chemical speciation; coal; copper; energy industry; environment; heat; land use; models; natural gas; nickel; oils; organic matter; particulates; sulfur; summer; surveys; toxicity; traffic; vanadium; winter; New York
Abstract:
... Previous source apportionment analyses of New York City (NYC) PM₂.₅ have found that transported pollution can account for up to half of total fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) mass. In recent years, several local and federal emissions regulations on both the transportation and energy sector have been introduced, such as the Clean Heavy-Duty Bus and Truck Rule, and policies related to the NYC Clean H ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118238

84. Melt ceramics from coal ash: Constitutive product design using thermal and flow properties

Author:
Pieter Billen; Matteo Mazzotti; Lieven Pandelaers; Nay Ye oo; Weijin Zhao; Zhuangzhuang Liu; James Redus; Ivan Diaz Loya; Ivan Bartoli; Yaghoob Farnam; Sabrina Spatari; Y. Grace Hsuan
Source:
Resources, conservation, and recycling 2018 v.132 pp. 168-177
ISSN:
0921-3449
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; bottom ash; ceramics; coal; combustion; concrete; enthalpy; feedstocks; heat; melting; models; recycling; sodium hydroxide; surface tension; temperature; thermal conductivity; value added; viscosity
Abstract:
... New US Environmental Protection Agency regulations for the disposal of coal combustion residues (CCR) incentivize bottom-up recycling efforts, to convert them into value-added applications. This study examines producing lightweight ceramic aggregates from CCR for concrete/geotechnical applications. More specifically, we argue that industrial residues such as coal bottom ash, despite their heteroge ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.01.035

85. Mercury distribution in seawater discharged from a coal-fired power plant equipped with a seawater flue gas desulfurization system

Author:
Xiyao Liu; Lumin Sun; Dongxing Yuan; Liqian Yin; Jinsheng Chen; Yaoxing Liu; Chengyu Liu; Ying Liang; Fangfang Lin
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research international 2011 v.18 no.8 pp. 1324-1332
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; aeration; coal; flue gas desulfurization; mercury; pollution; power plants; research; seawater; sediments; transportation
Abstract:
... BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: More and more coal-fired power plants equipped with seawater flue gas desulfurization systems have been built in coastal areas. They release large amount of mercury (Hg)-containing waste seawater into the adjacent seas. However, very limited impact studies have been carried out. Our research targeted the distribution of Hg in the seawater, sediment, biota, and atmosphere, a ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-011-0486-4

86. Mercury emission control: Phase II. Let’s now go passive

Author:
Keith Schofield
Source:
Energy 2017 v.122 pp. 311-318
ISSN:
0360-5442
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; activated carbon; bromine; coal; courts; emissions; flue gas; mercury; pollution control; power plants; United States
Abstract:
... The US Environmental Protection Agency’s plan for a National set of standards limiting mercury emission from coal power plants has recently hit a setback. A decision by the US Supreme Court rejected this based on the two available methods having a burdensome cost basis. Moreover, even if the activated charcoal or bromine addition methods do become standard in the US, their cost may still inhibit g ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.088

87. Mercury exposure and source tracking in distinct marine-caged fish farm in southern China

Author:
Xiaoyu Xu; Wen-Xiong Wang
Source:
Environmental pollution 2017 v.220 pp. 1138-1146
ISSN:
0269-7491
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; animal organs; cage culture; cages; carnivores; coal; coasts; combustion; correlation; diet; farmed fish; farms; feces; feeds; fish culture; fish industry; human health; humans; ingestion; isotopes; mercury; methylmercury compounds; pellets; screening; sediments; statistical models; China
Abstract:
... Coasts of South China have experienced an unprecedented growth in its marine-caged fish industry. We analyzed mercury concentrations and stable mercury isotope ratios in fourteen fish species from two cage-cultured farms in Southern China. Total mercury concentrations of all species were lower than the human health screening values, but the human exposures through consumption of several carnivorou ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.021

88. Mercury pollution in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and its health impacts

Author:
R. Sahu; P. Saxena; S. Johnson; H.B. Mathur; H.C. Agarwal
Source:
Toxicological and environmental chemistry 2014 v.96 no.8 pp. 1272-1283
ISSN:
1029-0486
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; atomic absorption spectrometry; blood; chemistry; coal; drinking water; humans; men; mercury; pollution; power plants; soil; soil sampling; toxicity; women; India
Abstract:
... The Sonbhadra district in the Singrauli area of Uttar Pradesh, India, has many coal mines and thermal power plants and is a critically polluted area. Many residents of this area reported adverse health conditions which may be linked to metal pollution, especially of mercury investigated here. In May 2012, samples of water (23), soil (7), blood, hair, and nails from persons showing adverse health c ...
DOI:
10.1080/02772248.2014.939980

89. Metal leachability from coal combustion residuals under different pHs and liquid/solid ratios

Author:
Evandro B. da Silva; Shiwei Li; Letúzia M. de Oliveira; Julia Gress; Xiaoling Dong; Ann C. Wilkie; Timothy Townsend; Lena Q. Ma
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2018 v.341 pp. 66-74
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; arsenic; barium; cadmium; chromium; coal; combustion; environmental assessment; fly ash; groundwater; leaching; lead; liquids; pH; power plants; Florida
Abstract:
... Coal combustion residuals (CCRs) contain variable amounts of trace metals, which can negatively impact the environment. We analyzed metal concentrations and leachability of CCRs from seven coal-fired power plants from Florida. The purpose of this study was to characterize and assess metal leachability in representative CCRs samples from coal-fired power plants, including As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Pb, and Se ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.07.010

90. Methane Mitigation Conference Report

Author:
Karl H Schultz
Source:
Energy & environment v.11 no.6 pp. 655-663
ISSN:
2048-4070
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; agricultural productivity; coal; cost effectiveness; energy; experts; finance; greenhouse gases; landfills; markets; methane; methane production; mining; natural gas; pollution control; solid wastes; Siberia
Abstract:
... The Second International Methane Mitigation Conference, held June 18–23, 2000, in Novosibirsk, Russia, drew 200 participants from nearly 30 countries to address opportunities and issues related to methane mitigation. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and, depending on the source, implementing reduction strategies can improve operational efficiency, provide a viable energy source, or improve agri ...
DOI:
10.1260/0958305001500464

91. Mobility and speciation of arsenic in the coal fly ashes collected from the Savannah River Site (SRS)

Author:
Guangliang Liu; Yong Cai; Damaris Hernandez; Jill Schrlau; Marshall Allen
Source:
Chemosphere 2016 v.151 pp. 138-144
ISSN:
0045-6535
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; alkalinity; arsenates; arsenic; arsenites; coal; coal fly ash; effluents; leachates; leaching; pH; phosphates; toxicity; waste disposal; Savannah River Site; United States
Abstract:
... Arsenic (As) leaching from coal fly ash stockpiled at waste disposal sites is a source of environmental concern. An array of techniques including batch extraction and column leaching tests, in combination with speciation analysis of chemically specific As species, was employed to evaluate the mobility of As in fly ashes collected from the U.S. DOE Savannah River Site. The results obtained using th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.02.071

92. Multiple exposure pathways and health risk assessment of selenium for children in a coal mining area

Author:
Marina dos Santos; Paula Florêncio Ramires; María Consuelo Revert Gironés; María del Carmen Rubio Armendáriz; Soraya Paz Montelongo; Ana Luíza Muccillo-Baisch; Flavio Manoel Rodrigues da Silva Junior
Source:
Environmental science and pollution research 2021 v.28 no.11 pp. 13562-13569
ISSN:
0944-1344
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; average daily intake; coal; food intake; health effects assessments; humans; pollution; research; risk; risk management; selenium; soil; toxicology; Brazil
Abstract:
... Selenium (Se) presents a dual role to human body, harmful or beneficial, depending on its concentration. The exposure to this element has been associated to coal mining. Health risk assessment allows estimating and evaluating the risks that environmental hazards pose to vulnerable groups of populations. The present study aimed to analyze the risk of exposure to Se through multiple exposure pathway ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11356-020-11514-4

93. Multivariate statistical evaluation of dissolved trace elements and a water quality assessment in the middle reaches of Huaihe River, Anhui, China

Author:
Jie Wang; Guijian Liu; Houqi Liu; Paul K.S. Lam
Source:
Science of the total environment 2017 v.583 pp. 421-431
ISSN:
0048-9697
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; aluminum; anthropogenic activities; barium; cadmium; chromium; cluster analysis; coal; cobalt; combustion; copper; drinking; drinking water; guidelines; human health; industrial wastes; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; nickel; pH; pollutants; power plants; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; river water; rivers; surface water; variance; water pollution; water quality; water temperature; zinc; China
Abstract:
... A total of 211 water samples were collected from 53 key sampling points from 5–10th July 2013 at four different depths (0m, 2m, 4m, 8m) and at different sites in the Huaihe River, Anhui, China. These points monitored for 18 parameters (water temperature, pH, TN, TP, TOC, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Cr, Cd, Mn, B, Fe, Al, Mg, and Ba). The spatial variability, contamination sources and health risk of trace ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.088

94. New Source Review and coal plant efficiency gains: How new and forthcoming air regulations affect outcomes

Author:
Sarah K. Adair; David C. Hoppock; Jonas J. Monast
Source:
Energy Policy 2014 v.70 pp. 183-192
ISSN:
0301-4215
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carbon dioxide; coal; compliance; emissions; energy efficiency; environmental law; nitrogen oxides; pollutants; pollution control; power plants; renewable energy sources; sulfur dioxide; United States
Abstract:
... Forthcoming carbon dioxide (CO2) regulations for existing power plants in the United States have heightened interest in thermal efficiency gains for coal-fired power plants. Plant modifications to improve thermal efficiency can trigger New Source Review (NSR), a Clean Air Act requirement to adopt of state-of-the-art pollution controls. This article explores whether existing coal plants would likel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.036

95. Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Coal-Fired Power Plant NOx: Influence of Emission Controls and Implications for Global Emission Inventories

Author:
Felix J. David; Elliott Emily M.; Shaw Stephanie L.
Source:
Environmental Science & Technology 2012 v.46 no.6 pp. 3528-3535
ISSN:
1520-5851
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; coal; inventories; nitrogen; nitrogen oxides; oxidation; power plants; stable isotopes; United States
Abstract:
... Despite the potential use of δ¹⁵N as a tracer of NOₓ source contributions, prior documentation of δ¹⁵N of various NOₓ emission sources is exceedingly limited. This manuscript presents the first measurements of the nitrogen isotopic composition of NOₓ (δ¹⁵N-NOₓ) emitted from coal-fired power plants in the U.S. at typical operating conditions with and without the presence of selective catalytic redu ...
DOI:
10.1021/es203355v

96. Occurrence and carcinogenic potential of airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some large-scale enclosed/semi-enclosed vehicle parking areas

Author:
Huiru Li; Xiangying Zeng; Delin Zhang; Pei Chen; Zhiqiang Yu; Guoying Sheng; Jiamo Fu; Ping’an Peng
Source:
Journal of hazardous materials 2014 v.274 pp. 279-286
ISSN:
0304-3894
Subject:
Monte Carlo method; United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; absorption; adsorption; air; air quality; benzo(a)pyrene; breathing; coal; combustion; correlation; diagnostic techniques; human resources; neoplasms; oils; organic matter; parks; partition coefficients; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; urban areas; vapors
Abstract:
... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) originating from vehicle exhaust have aroused much attention due to their potential healthy effect. In this study, air samples were collected from three representative parking lots in a metropolitan area, analyzed for PAHs and evaluated for inhalation risk. Atmospheric PAH levels of these parking areas ranged between 1178–4793ngm−3, one order of magnitude hi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.04.016

97. Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coral reef fish from the South China Sea

Author:
Yali Li; Chenglong Wang; Xinqing Zou; Ziyue Feng; Yulong Yao; Teng Wang; Chuchu Zhang
Source:
Marine pollution bulletin 2019 v.139 pp. 339-345
ISSN:
0025-326X
Subject:
Scarus; United States Environmental Protection Agency; bioaccumulation; biomass; coal; combustion; coral reefs; emissions; fish; islands; petroleum; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; quantitative analysis; water pollution; South China Sea
Abstract:
... Little data are available on the bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in coral reef fish from the South China Sea (SCS). In this study, we collected 21 coral reef fish species from the Xisha and Nansha Islands in the SCS to investigate the occurrence of 16 US-EPA PAHs. The total PAH concentrations (ΣPAH) in the collected fish ranged from 12.79 to 409.28 ng/g dry weight (dw, X ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.001

98. Open cut black coal mining: Empirical verification of PM2.5 air emission estimation techniques

Author:
Claire Richardson; Shannon Rutherford; Igor E. Agranovski
Source:
Atmospheric research 2019 v.216 pp. 151-159
ISSN:
0169-8095
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; coal; dust; dust control; mining; particulate emissions; particulates; risk analysis; uncertainty; water content; Australia
Abstract:
... There is a paucity of empirical data relating to PM2.5 emissions from open cut coal mines. Availability of high quality emission data is fundamental to the completion of robust analyses of the potential future impacts of particulate emissions from open cut coal mining operations. This study presents PM2.5 emission rates determined on the basis of empirical data from open cut coal mining operations ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.008

99. PAH Contamination in Soils Adjacent to a Coal-Transporting Facility in Tapin District, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

Author:
Andy Mizwar; Yulinah Trihadiningrum
Source:
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 2015 v.69 no.1 pp. 62-68
ISSN:
0090-4341
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; benzo(a)pyrene; coal; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; humans; molecular weight; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; risk; soil; soil sampling; toxicity; Borneo; Indonesia
Abstract:
... This study was undertaken to determine the level of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), listed as priority pollutants by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), in surface soils around a coal-transporting facility in the western part of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Three composite soil samples were collected from a coal stockpile, coal-hauling road, and coal port. Identifi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00244-015-0141-z

100. PAHs emission from the pyrolysis of Western Chinese coal

Author:
Jie Dong; Zhu Cheng; Fan Li
Source:
Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis 2013 v.104 no. pp. 502-507
ISSN:
0165-2370
Subject:
United States Environmental Protection Agency; carbonization; carcinogenicity; coal; combustion; emissions; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; gasification; health hazards; heat; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pyrolysis; temperature
Abstract:
... Several organic and inorganic pollutants are released during coal utilization such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). PAHs, due to their carcinogenic properties pose potential health hazards. The current work focused on the behavior of the 16 PAHs during pyrolysis process, an important step of all coal thermal conversion including combustion, gasification, and carbonization. The experimen ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jaap.2013.05.020