Symmetry in Measurement of Combustion Derived Emissions
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 2463
Special Issue Editors
Interests: combustion-derived aerosols and their precursors; aerosol formation from gaseous pollutants in flues and plumes; fingerprinting method for addressing aerosol complexity and toxicity; air pollution control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Exploring combustion derived emissions is critical in understanding and controling air pollution and climate change. Air quality models, atmospheric observations, and emission inventories have been intensively conducted to address these related issues in the past two decades. However, investigation related with direct measurement of combustion derived emissions has attracted much less attention. Combustion sources include solid fuels (coal, biomass, and waste) burned in domestic stoves and industial biolers for energy or smelting, open biomass burning as farming practice and wildfire, liquid fuel burned in vehicles and ships, and gas fuel burning. Pollutants emitted from combustion sources include gaseous species (CO2, NOx, SOx, NH3, HCl, VOCs, and other unconventional species) and particulate matters (PMs), which have been recognized as filtrable PMs and condensable PMs. The knowledge bridge between pollutant impacts and combustion sources, i.e., measurement of combustion derived emissions, is still urgently required to be addressed.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive collection of recent findings and progresses on the measurement of combustion derived aerosols and their precusors by employing the symmetry or asymmetry concept in the methods and methodologies. We welcome submissions of multidisciplinary researchs and cutting-edge approaches as reports of research findings and reviews on the following themes, but not limited to:
- Sampling methods for aerosols derived from emission sources;
- Measurement greenhouse gases and unconventional gaseous species;
- Measurement and analysis methods for condensable particulate matters;
- Conversion between aerosols and their precusors derived from combustion;
- Aerosol formation mechanism in combustion derived flue gases and plumes;
- Estimation on impacts of primary pollutant emissions from combustion sources.
Prof. Dr. Qing Li
Prof. Dr. Chenghang Zheng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Sampling method
- Air pollution
- Climate change
- Aerosol
- Condensable particulate matter
- Unconventional pollutant
- Power plants
- Industrial stack
- Household burning
- Wildfire smoke
- Vehicle emission
- Incomplete combustion
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