Climate-relevant particulate emission characteristics of a coal fired heating plant

Citation
B. Wehner et al., Climate-relevant particulate emission characteristics of a coal fired heating plant, ENV SCI TEC, 33(21), 1999, pp. 3881-3886
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology,"Environmental Engineering & Energy
Journal title
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ISSN journal
0013936X → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
21
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3881 - 3886
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-936X(19991101)33:21<3881:CPECOA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Studies of climate forcing by anthropogenic aerosols require knowledge of t he number and properties of the emitted primary aerosol particles. Previous measurements, often limited by instrumental techniques, did not extend far into the nanometer range and considered mod ern sources with air pollution controls. In the summer of 1996, aerosol size distributions were measured between 3 and 700 nm particle dia meter in the exhaust of a low-technology coal-fired heating plant in Leipzig (Germany) using a twin differential mob ility particle sizer (TDMPS) system. The total number concentration of part icles in the exhaust was approximately 10(7) particles/cm(3), which is an o rder of magnitude lower than a previously published calculation based on a nucleation/condensation model. An estimate for the number concentration of primary combustion aerosol particles demonstrates the potential importance of such anthropogenic sources.