| UK PAH emissions 1999 |
kg |
% |
| coal |
19035 |
21.6 |
| ssf |
1316 |
1.5 |
| wood |
13407 |
15.2 |
| total domestic |
33758 |
38.3 |
| diesel exhaust |
1266 |
1.4 |
| petrol exhaust |
5889 |
6.7 |
| total road transport |
7155 |
8.1 |
Domestic combustion emission factors
(wood is higher than main table as the source for this data gave
breakdown for the 16 PAH's)
| Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon |
UK Coal emission factor (mg/kg) |
UK Wood emission factor (mg/kg) |
Wood burning stove (mg/kg) |
| Napthalene | 123.34 |
90.3 |
144 |
| Acenapthene |
5.24 |
3.1 |
5 |
| Acenapthylene |
7.15 |
78.6 |
106 |
| Fluorene |
16.21 |
8.3 |
12 |
| Anthracene |
1.85 |
6.5 |
7 |
| Phenanthrene |
6.56 |
24.4 |
39 |
| Fluoranthrene |
2.98 |
6.9 |
1 |
| Pyrene |
2.98 |
7.3 |
12 |
| Benzo[a]anthracene |
1.79 |
5.0 |
10 |
| Chrysene |
1.67 |
3.8 |
6 |
| Benzo[b]Fluoranthene |
0.07 |
1.5 |
3 |
| Benzo[k]Fluoranthrene |
0.02 |
0.5 |
1 |
| Benzo[a]pyrene |
1.55 |
1.3 |
2 |
| Dibenzo[ah]anthracene |
1.79 |
0.02 |
1 est |
| Indeno[123cd]pyrene |
1.19 |
0.09 |
< 1 |
| Benzo[ghi]perylene |
0.82 |
1.0 |
2 |
| Total 16 PAH |
175.21 |
238.61 |
352 |
| Total all PAH |
185 est |
250 est |
365 |
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