title: [Effects of Eliminating Backward Production Capacities on Reduction of Dioxin Emissions in Key Industries].
abstract: Phase-out of backward production facilities can significantly reduce the emissions of unintentional persistent organic pollutants from the industrial thermal process. An estimation of reduced dioxin emissions due to closure of backward production capacities is valuable to objectively evaluate China's efforts in and contribution to performing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Our group previously evaluated environmental effects of the phase-out of backward production facilities on dioxin emissions from 2006 to 2009. Based on the above study, due to the phase-out of backward production capacities from 2010 to 2013, the reductions in dioxin emissions to air from power generation sector, coke sector, and iron & steel (including ferroalloy) sector were estimated to be 86.13, 133.94 and 78.78 g · a⁻¹, respectively. Because the emission factors used in this paper are a little bit conservative, the actual reduced emissions may be greater than the estimated values. Besides the industrial sectors mentioned above, reduced dioxin emissions can also be estimated in more industrial sectors such as cement, calcium carbide, metal smelting and papermaking sectors. The paper also provided methods for the future comprehensive evaluation of dioxin reduction.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Yong-long
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Bing-nan
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Tie-yu
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003077:Coke; D004147:Dioxins / Q000032:analysis*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007221:Industry / Q000592:standards*; D007501:Iron; D013232:Steel
chemical_list: D003077:Coke; D004147:Dioxins; D013232:Steel; D007501:Iron