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An overview of mercury emissions in the energy industry - A step to mercury footprint assessment

CHARVÁT, P. KLIMEŠ, L. POSPÍŠIL, J. KLEMEŠ, J. VARBANOV, P.

Originální název

An overview of mercury emissions in the energy industry - A step to mercury footprint assessment

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

The energy industry is currently the second largest anthropogenic source of mercury pollution worldwide, and in many countries, it is by far the largest anthropogenic source of mercury emissions. Mercury emissions can be traced to almost the entire energy industry value chain. Combustion of coal is the primary source of mercury emissions in energy production. Biomass, which is considered a renewable fuel, is also a source of atmospheric mercury emissions. A general trend from landfill waste disposal to waste incineration can be observed in many countries, but waste-to-energy incineration is also a source of mercury emissions. The increased mercury levels have been recorded in fish living in the reservoirs for hydroelectricity. The adverse effects of mercury exposure on human health have been indicated in a number of studies, and there seems to be no ‘zero effect’ exposure level. As a result, the mitigation of mercury emissions is gaining more and more attention. The overview creates the base for further research for quantification of the effect of mercury emissions on the environment and on human health, which can be expressed and quantified by Mercury Footprints.

Klíčová slova

Energy industry, Mercury emissions, Mercury removal methods, Mercury footprint

Autoři

CHARVÁT, P.; KLIMEŠ, L.; POSPÍŠIL, J.; KLEMEŠ, J.; VARBANOV, P.

Vydáno

10. 9. 2020

Nakladatel

Elsevier

ISSN

0959-6526

Periodikum

Journal of Cleaner Production

Ročník

267

Číslo

1

Stát

Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Strany od

1

Strany do

11

Strany počet

11

URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122087

BibTex

@article{BUT164320,
  author="Pavel {Charvát} and Lubomír {Klimeš} and Jiří {Pospíšil} and Jiří {Klemeš} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov}",
  title="An overview of mercury emissions in the energy industry - A step to mercury footprint assessment",
  journal="Journal of Cleaner Production",
  year="2020",
  volume="267",
  number="1",
  pages="1--11",
  doi="10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122087",
  issn="0959-6526",
  url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122087"
}