Mercury emissions of a coal-fired power plant in Germany

Weigelt, Andreas; Slemr, Franz; Ebinghaus, Ralf; Pirrone, Nicola; Bieser, Johannes; Bödewadt, Jan; Esposito, Giulio; van Velthoven, Peter F. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-13653-2016

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03 Nov 2016

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Mercury emissions of a coal-fired power plant in Germany

Andreas Weigelt, Franz Slemr, Ralf Ebinghaus, Nicola Pirrone, Johannes Bieser, Jan Bödewadt, Giulio Esposito, and Peter F. J. van Velthoven

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RC1: 'Review of the manuscript entitled “Mercury emissions of a coal fired power plant in Germany”, by A. Weigelt et al., submitted to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Manuscript acp-2016-376).', Anonymous Referee #1, 20 Jul 2016
RC2: 'Comments to Mercury emission of a coal fired power plant in Germany', Anonymous Referee #3, 11 Sep 2016
AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Franz Slemr, 03 Oct 2016
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #1 (formatted)', Franz Slemr, 04 Oct 2016
AC2: 'Response to Referee #3', Franz Slemr, 03 Oct 2016
- AC4: 'Response to Referee #3 (formatted)', Franz Slemr, 04 Oct 2016

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Short summary

Hg ∕ SO₂, Hg ∕ CO, and NO_x ∕ SO₂ emission ratios (ERs) in the plume of the coal-fired power plant (CFPP), Lippendorf, near Leipzig in Germany, were determined in August 2013. GOM fraction of mercury emissions was also assessed. Measured Hg ∕ SO₂ and Hg ∕ CO ERs were consistent with the ratios calculated from annual emissions in 2013 reported by the CFPP operator. The NO_x ∕ SO₂ ER was somewhat lower. GOM fractions of ~ 40 % of CFPP mercury emissions in current emission inventories are overestimated.