Emission Characteristics and Source Identification of Flue Gases from Fuel Combustion and Industry

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

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Department of Climate and Environment, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea
Interests: PM 2.5 secondary source; fine particulate matters; climate change; greenhouse gases
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Climate Change & Environment Research Center, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea
Interests: climate change; greenhouse gases; fine particulate matters; PM 2.5 secondary source
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Dear Colleagues,

As environmental problems become more serious around the world, the importance of identifying the occurrence and characteristics of emission sources is increasing. In particular, air pollutants and greenhouse gases are mainly generated from fuel combustion and industrial sectors.

Since air pollutants and greenhouse gases are generated from the same emission source, it is necessary to manage them in an integrated manner. In order to manage air pollutants and greenhouse gases together, it is necessary to identify and characterize emission sources. In particular, in the case of air pollutants, since there are many parts that are omitted when calculating emissions, related studies are needed, and it is necessary to improve the reliability of the inventory that calculates emissions through these studies.

The subject of this Special Issue is research that identifies the characteristics of greenhouse gases and air pollutants generated by fuel combustion and industry, and the identification of emission sources, inventory, and development of emission factors.

Original papers relating to the above topics and dealing with general methodologies, numerical, and experimental investigations, and case studies addressing sustainably management in greenhouses and urban air quality are welcome.

Thank you for your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Eui-Chan Jeon
Dr. Seongmin Kang
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Keywords

  • air pollutant
  • greenhouse gases
  • inventory
  • emission control

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Improving the Measurement of Characteristic Parameters for the Determination of GHG Emissions in the Semiconductor and Display Industries in Korea
by Bong-Jae Lee, Soo-Young Yun, In-Kwon Jeong, Yujin Hwang, Jun-Hyeok Park and Jonghoon Kim
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(15), 8834; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13158834 - 31 Jul 2023
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Semiconductor and display industries in the Republic of Korea make up the global electronics market with some of the greatest potential for growth due to accelerated digital transformation. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) present in the Earth’s atmosphere could trap heat and contribute to the [...] Read more.
Semiconductor and display industries in the Republic of Korea make up the global electronics market with some of the greatest potential for growth due to accelerated digital transformation. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) present in the Earth’s atmosphere could trap heat and contribute to the greenhouse effect, leading to global warming and climate change, and it is important to note that while GHGs are naturally present in the atmosphere and play a crucial role in regulating the Earth’s temperature, human activities have significantly increased their concentration, leading to accelerated global warming and climate change. Volatile fluorinated compounds (FCs), including perfluorocompounds (PFCs), hydrofluorocompounds (HFCs), NF3, and SF6, are potent long-standing greenhouse gases that are used and emitted by electronics during the manufacturing and display stages of semiconductors. In accordance with global climate change, GHG reduction has developed as a demand of the times, and the electronics industry has also made efforts to reduce GHG emissions in response. Until now, process emissions from the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-GHGs) in various industries have been calculated according to the ’06 IPCC G/L, and emission factors of ’06 IPCC G/L have also been applied. However, the reduction and emission factors proposed in the IPCC G/L are values that do not reflect the latest and advanced reduction technologies in South Korean electronics, and national GHG emissions are overestimated. In this paper, by preparing accurate measurement methods for destruction removal efficiency (DRE), the use rate of gas (Ui), and b-product emission factors (Bby-product, i), which are characteristic parameters for estimating GHG Tier 3a emissions, we aim to increase the accuracy of GHG emissions by advancing emission factors that are unique to the semiconductor and display industries within the Republic of Korea. Full article
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Ammonia Emission Estimation of Biogas Production Facilities in South Korea: Consideration of the Emission Factor Development
by Seongmin Kang, Goeun Kim and Eui-Chan Jeon
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(10), 6203; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13106203 - 18 May 2023
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This study identified the need to develop ammonia (NH3) emission factors for biogas production facilities in Korea and examined the base unit that should be considered when developing emission factors. The analysis showed that the ammonia concentration of three biogas production [...] Read more.
This study identified the need to develop ammonia (NH3) emission factors for biogas production facilities in Korea and examined the base unit that should be considered when developing emission factors. The analysis showed that the ammonia concentration of three biogas production facilities ranged from approximately 0.04 to 8 ppm. The NH3 emission factors were found to be 0.005 kg NH3 ton-waste and 0.150 kg NH3/10−3 Nm3-biogas. The estimated emission factors were also used to calculate the total emissions, which were found to be small. The uncertainty of the emission factors ranged from approximately −5% to +8% for the waste-based emission factors and approximately −5% to +7% for the biogas-based emission factors. Although the uncertainty of the emission factor differences is not large, it is low compared to the international emission factor uncertainty (maximum 191%, minimum −40.7%). Considering the development of waste-based and biogas-based emission factors, there is not much difference in terms of uncertainty of emission factors, so it is judged that it will be easier to develop emission factors based on biogas production in terms of securing and managing overall data. Full article
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