An inventory of primary air pollutants and CO2 emissions from cement production in China, 1990–2020

Lei, Yu; Zhang, Qiang; Nielsen, Chris P.; He, Kebin

doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.034

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“…For simplification, Lei et al (2011) and Ke et al (2012) adopted prediction outcomes from extant researches and set three stylized scenarios (high, medium and low) for future cement demand. On one hand, several scholars have applied linear regression model with a single explanatory variable to examine driving forces of China's cement consumption Xu et al, 2014).…”

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Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

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Shen

Liu

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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a b s t r a c tAccompanying by the rapid urbanization process of China, unprecedented amounts of cement have been poured into urban construction over the last decade. Since research is still scarce on the factors underlying the cement consumption, the motivation of this paper is to provide insight into cement-based socioeconomic metabolism and to improve understanding of the linkage between human activities and cement consumption. To explore the key impact factors of cement consumption, an extended STIRPAT model is exploited in this paper to examine the effect of population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, cement consumption intensity, fixed investment and urbanization level with regional panel data of China from 2005 to 2013. The empirical results indicate that fixed investment and GDP per capita are the decisive driving factors of cement consumption. The unbalanced investment between infrastructure and people's livelihood reflects bias urbanization policy in China. Inverted-U shaped nexus between cement consumption and urbanization, as well as GDP per capita, are observed in the empirical results. Moreover, regional heterogeneities are taken into account in the model estimation. On the ground of the empirical findings, several policy recommendations are provided for policy makers. It is suggested that policy makers should take account of the regional discrepancy and implement a sustainable urbanization strategy to curtail cement consumption. Only when excessive fixed investment is curbed does the enthusiasm of cement consumption calm down.

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Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

Cao

Shen

Liu

et al. 2016

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…This, together with relatively weak emission controls, has resulted in significant growth in emissions of NO x (Zhang et al, , 2009aZhao et al, 2009;Lei et al, 2010;Lin et al, 2010a). Understanding the magnitude of emissions of NO x in China and its recent trend has been a challenge, however.…”

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“…Understanding the magnitude of emissions of NO x in China and its recent trend has been a challenge, however. The bottomup approach to estimating emissions of NO x relies on information on emission activities and emission factors (Streets et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2007Zhang et al, , 2009aZhao et al, 2009;Lei et al, 2010). Inadequacies and inaccuracies both in the statistics of emission activities and in measurements of emission factors have resulted in large uncertainties in bottom-up estimates (Streets et al, 2003;Zhang et al, 2007Zhang et al, , 2009aZhao et al, 2010).…”

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Detection from space of a reduction in anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen oxides during the Chinese economic downturn

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Abstract. Rapid economic and industrial development in China and relatively weak emission controls have resulted in significant increases in emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ) in recent years, with the exception of late 2008 to mid 2009 when the economic downturn led to emission reductions detectable from space. Here vertical column densities (VCDs) of tropospheric NO 2 retrieved from satellite observations by SCIAMACHY, GOME-2 and OMI (both by KNMI and by NASA) are used to evaluate changes in emissions of NO x from October 2004 to February 2010 identifying impacts of the economic downturn. Data over polluted regions of Northern East China suggest an increase of 27-33 % in 12-month mean VCD of NO 2 prior to the downturn, consistent with an increase of 49 % in thermal power generation (TPG) reflecting the economic growth. More detailed analysis is used to quantify changes in emissions of NO x in January over the period 2005-2010 when the effect of the downturn was most evident. The GEOS-Chem model is employed to evaluate the effect of changes in chemistry and meteorology on VCD of NO 2 . This analysis indicates that emissions decreased by 20 % from January 2008 to January 2009, close to the reduction of 18 % in TPG that occurred over the same interval. A combination of three independent approaches indicates that the economic downturn was responsible for a reduction in emissions by 9-11 % in January 2009 with an additional decrease of 10 % attributed to the slow-down in industrial activity associated with the coincident celebration of the Chinese New Year; errors in the estimate are most likely less than 3.4 %.

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“…For cement industry, scenarios focus mainly on clinker substitute. It is one of the four technological measures summarized by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development [34], and shows larger potentials than the other three measures [35]. The efficiency of clinker substitute in GHG reduction is manifested in this paper.…”

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Insights into the Regional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission of Industrial Processes: A Case Study of Shenyang, China

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This paper examines the GHG emission of industrial process in Shenyang city, in the Liaoning province of China, using the 2006 IPCC greenhouse gas inventory guideline. Results show that the total GHG emissions of industrial process has increased, from 1.48 Mt in 2004 to 4.06 Mt in 2009, except for a little decrease in 2008. The cement industry, and iron and steel industries, are the main emission sources, accounting for more than 90% of the total carbon emissions. GHG emissions in 2020 are estimated based on scenario analysis. The research indicates that the cement industry, and iron and steel industries, will still be the largest emission sources, and the total carbon emissions under the business as usual (BAU) scenario will be doubled in 2020 compared with that of 2009. However, when countermeasures are taken, the GHG emission will reduce significantly. Using more clinker substitutes for blended cement, and increasing direct reduction iron process and recycled steel scraps are efficient measures in reducing GHG emission. Scenario 4, which has the highest ratio of 30/70 blended cement and the highest ratio of steel with recycled steel-EAF process, is the best one. In this scenario, the industrial process GHG emission in 2020 can almost stay the same as that of 2009. From the perspective of regions, cement industry and iron and steel industry accounted for the vast majority of GHG emission in all industries. Meanwhile, these two industries become the OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2014, 6 3670 most potential industries for reduction of GHG emission. This study provides an insight for GHG emission of different industries at the scale of cities in China.

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An inventory of primary air pollutants and CO2 emissions from cement production in China, 1990–2020

Cited by 338 publications

References 18 publications

Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

Detection from space of a reduction in anthropogenic emissions of nitrogen oxides during the Chinese economic downturn

Insights into the Regional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission of Industrial Processes: A Case Study of Shenyang, China

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