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03 Nov 2016
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| 03 Nov 2016
Mercury emissions of a coal-fired power plant in Germany
Andreas Weigelt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research,
Geesthacht, Germany
now at: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), Hamburg, Germany
Franz Slemr
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry (MPI-C), Department of Atmospheric
Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Ralf Ebinghaus
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research,
Geesthacht, Germany
Nicola Pirrone
National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Atmospheric Pollution
Research, Rende, Italy
Johannes Bieser
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research,
Geesthacht, Germany
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Institute of
Atmospheric Physics, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Jan Bödewadt
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Institute of Coastal Research,
Geesthacht, Germany
Giulio Esposito
National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Atmospheric Pollution
Research, Rende, Italy
Peter F. J. van Velthoven
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Chemistry and
Climate Division, De Bilt, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Hg ∕ SO2, Hg ∕ CO, and NOx ∕ 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 NOx ∕ SO2 ER was somewhat lower. GOM fractions of ~ 40 % of CFPP mercury emissions in current emission inventories are overestimated.
Hg ∕ SO2, Hg ∕ CO, and NOx ∕ SO2 emission ratios (ERs) in the plume of the...
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