Source attribution for mercury deposition with an updated atmospheric mercury emission inventory in the Pearl River Delta Region, China

作     者：Jiajun Liu Long Wang Yun Zhu Che-Jen Lin Carey Jang Shuxiao Wang Jia Xing Bin Yu Hui Xu Yuzhou Pan 

作者机构：Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control College of Environment and Energy South ChinaUniversity of Technology Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center Guangzhou 510006 China Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Lamar University Beaumont TX 77710 USA US EPA Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards Res Triangle Park NC 27711 USA State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control School of Environment. Tsinghua University Beijing 100084 China Guangzhou Environmental Monitoring Centre Guangzhou 510030 China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》 (环境科学与工程前沿（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第13卷第1期

页      面：39-52页

核心收录：

学科分类：12[管理学] 1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 08[工学] 

基　　金：supported by the Natural Science and Technology Foundation of Guangdong Province, China National Research Program For Key Issues In Air Pollution Control The National Key Research and Development Program of China the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 

主　　题：Emission inventory Mercury deposition Pearl River Delta (PRD) Source attribution Control strategy 

摘      要：We used CMAQ-Hg to simulate mercury pollution and identify main sources in the Pearl River Delta (PR.D) with updated local emission inventory and latest regional and global emissions. The total anthropogenic mercury emissions in the PRD for 2014 were 11,939.6 kg. Power plants and industrial boilers were dominant sectors, responsible for 29.4 and 22.7%. We first compared model predictions and observations and the results showed a good performance. Then five scenarios with power plants (PP), municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI), industrial point sources (IP), natural sources (NAT), and boundary conditions (BCs) zeroed out separately were simulated and compared with the base case. BCs was responsible for over 30% of annual average mercury concentration and total deposition while NAT contributed around 15%. Among the anthropogenic sources, IP (22.9%) was dominant with a contribution over 20.0% and PP (18.9%) and MSWI (11.2%) ranked second and third. Results also showed that power plants were the most important emission sources in the central PRD, where the ultra-low emission for thermal power units need to be strengthened. In the northern and western PRD, cement and metal productions were priorities for mercury control. The fast growth of municipal solid waste incineration were also a key factor in the core areas. In addition, a coordinated regional mercury emission control was important for effectively controlling pollution. In the future, mercury emissions will decrease as control measures are strengthened, more attention should be paid to mercury deposition around the large point sources as high levels of pollution are observed.