title: Emission inventory and provincial distribution of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in China.
abstract: Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are used as flame retardants, plasticizers, and metalworking fluids, which have varying contents of toxic short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs). Based on the study of several relevant production and consumption sectors, this paper classifies the consumption of CPs among sectors and provides an emission inventory and the provincial emission distribution of SCCPs in China in 2010-2014 based on the consumption patterns and emission factors of each sector. The total emissions of SCCPs in China in 2014 were 3083.88tons, with emissions to the atmosphere and water accounting for 894.81tons and 2189.07tons, respectively. The largest emission source was from metalworking fluids, with total emissions of 2459.12tons, of which 756.65tons went to the atmosphere and 1702.47tons to water. Our results show that SCCP emissions were mainly concentrated in the eastern, more developed regions and that Jiangsu Province was the biggest producer in China, with total emissions of 1853.06tons, of which 562.61tons were to the atmosphere and 1290.46tons to water.
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China. Electronic address: doriszhang0115@163.com.
authors.forename: Boya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084; P.R. China. Electronic address: zhaob15@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Bu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China. Electronic address: dichotomy16616@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China. Electronic address: jbzhang@pku.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jianbo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: Alternative factor method; Analytic hierarchy process; National emission inventory; Provincial distribution; Short-chain chlorinated paraffins; Variation coefficient method