Carbon and air pollutant emissions from China's cement industry 1990–2015: trends, evolution of technologies, and drivers

Liu, Jun; Tong, Dan; Zheng, Yixuan; Cheng, Jing; Qin, Xinying; Shi, Qinren; Yan, Liu; Lei, Yu; Zhang, Qiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1627-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1627-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1627-2021

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08 Feb 2021

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Carbon and air pollutant emissions from China's cement industry 1990–2015: trends, evolution of technologies, and drivers

Jun Liu, Dan Tong, Yixuan Zheng, Jing Cheng, Xinying Qin, Qinren Shi, Liu Yan, Yu Lei, and Qiang Zhang

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Carbon and air pollutant emissions from China's cement industry 1990-2015: trends, evolution of technologies and drivers Jun Liu, Dan Tong, Yixuan Zheng, Jing Cheng, Xinying Qin, Qinren Shi, Liu Yan, Yu Lei, and Qiang Zhang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5223113.v1

China Cement Emission Database (CCED) Jun Liu, Dan Tong, Yixuan Zheng, Jing Cheng, Xinying Qin, Qinren Shi, Liu Yan, Yu Lei, and Qiang Zhang http://meicmodel.org/dataset-cced.html

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In this study, we investigated the decadal changes in carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions in China's cement industry for the period 1990–2015 based on intensive unit-based information. We found that from 1990 to 2015, accompanied by a 10.3-fold increase in cement production, CO₂, SO₂, and NO_x emissions from China's cement industry increased by 627 %, 56 %, and 659 %, whereas CO, PM_2.5, and PM₁₀ emissions decreased by 9 %, 63 %, and 59 %, respectively.