Advances in Nonconventional Pollutants and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from the Combustion Process
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Air, Climate Change and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (4 August 2024) | Viewed by 4008
Special Issue Editors
Interests: air pollution control; cross-media transport of pollutants; synergistic emission reduction effects
Interests: soil remediation; environmental microbiology; environmental risk assessment
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Dear Colleagues,
Combustion processes of fuel and raw material produce a large number of air pollutants, causing potential threats to ecosystems and public health. On the one hand, owing to the application of ultra-low-emission technologies for coal-fired power plants, coal-fired industrial boilers, iron and steel smelting industries, etc., the removal efficiency of conventional pollutants (PM, SO2, NOx, etc.) improved, and then the migration of nonconventional pollutants (heavy metals, VOCs, etc.) into combustion wastes increased. The environmental geochemical behavior of nonconventional air pollutants and their environmental risks are receiving increasing attention. On the other hand, China has clearly stated that CO2 emissions should reach a peak no later than 2030 and be carbon-neutral by 2060 (“Double Carbon Target”). It is essential to conduct systematic studies on the synergistic effects and policy combinations of CO2 and air pollutant emission reductions. This Special Issue aims to collate original research papers and reviews that highlight the importance of the scientific approach in emphasizing emission characteristics, cross-media migration mechanisms, and environmental risks of nonconventional pollutants, as well as the synergistic emission reduction effects of air pollutants and CO2, facilitating the development of effective measures for fuel and raw material combustion and utilization processes in order to achieve a synergistic goal of reducing air pollution and carbon emissions, as well as green and low-carbon sustainable development in the industry.
Dr. Jiajia Gao
Dr. Bo Jiang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coal combustion
- nonconventional pollutants
- heavy metals
- VOCs
- CO2
- emission characteristics
- migration mechanism
- environmental risk
- synergistic emission reduction
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