Presentation by Wei-Ping Pan, Ph.D. - Western Kentucky University

Environmental and Human Health Impacts
from PM, NO x, SO x and Other Air Toxins
Caused by Coal Combustion in Huainan of
China
Wei-Ping Pan, Ph.D.
Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental Technology
Western Kentucky University
CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM
Woodrow Wilson International Center
Washing D.C.
November 8, 2006

��China China is the biggest producer and consumer of coal in the
world.
�� 2.11 billion tons of coal in production in 2005;
�� more than 70% to total energy in China from coal combustion.
Coke 7%
Gasoline
and disel
oil 15%
Other 2%
Coal 76%

�� Coal combustion caused
serious air pollution
problems.
SO x
�� SO
NO x
�� NO
�� PM
�� heavy metals

�� Huainan City, Anhui Province
�� Energy base of eastern China
�� so called “Fuel Fuel Power Three
Gorges” Gorges in China (2400 MW, 2400
MW, and 1150 MW)
�� Production of 100 million tons of
coal in 2005
�� One of two sites on Energy Future
and Air Pollution in urban China
and the United Stats Program

�� Ambient air pollution from coal combustion (11 million tons
coal burned in 2004)
�� Fly ash stockpile capacity (6.6 million tons fly ash in 2004)
�� Sinking area due to coal exploration (130 square kilometer
in 2004)

Pollutant Emissions, x10 6 tons
0.2
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.1
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0
SO 2
Smoke-Dust
1995 1998 2000 2003 2007 2010 2020
Year
Total Coal
Consumption
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Total Coal Consumption, x10 6 tons

��In In Huainan
– allergic asthma: up to 2% of the total population;
– chronic bronchitis: 2% of the total population;
– conjunctivitis: 20% of eye illness;
– coryza: 2% of the total population;
– large amounts of people with occupational disease.

Coal Quality Data
Base Construction
AUST
Huainan Environmental Automatic
Monitoring Center
WKU Hoffman Institute
China Environmental Health Project
WKU ICSET
Monitoring for pollutants from three power
plants; sampling air quality of Huainan
mining area; investigating PM distribution
Air Quality and Health
Huainan Environmental Automatic
Monitoring Center
School of Medicine
Modeling
Investigating how coal-smoke-induced
particles affect on human health

��Improve Improve Huainan’s Huainan s monitoring system for SO x, , NO x, ,
PM 10 and other air toxins resulting from coal-fired coal fired
power and chemical plants
�� Train and educate Chinese scholars in the latest
environmental technologies;
��Reduce Reduce the coal-burning coal burning related health problems
��Ensure Ensure quality of life and residence through
cooperation between WKU and Chinese partners

��Institute Institute for Combustion Science and Environmental
Technology (ICSET): extensive experience in the study of
coal combustion, combustion,
waster material incineration and pollutant
emissions; emissions
– funding from government agencies: DOE, USDA, NASA,
DOD, EPA and NSF
– funding from organizations: EPRI, ICCI
– funding from industrial: power industries and others

��Provide Provide state-of state of-the the-art art technologies to train Chinese scholars and
students about sampling and analysis of various pollutants;
��Ensure Ensure all measurement results and data quality.
��Hold Hold a related workshop for Chinese scholars.
��Co Co-sponsor sponsor short course on the health impacts of coal in China.

��Anhui Anhui University of Science and Technology (AUST):
located in Huainai, accomplished significant achievements in
cleaner coal technology and protection from occupational
disease: disease
– Huainan Environmental Protection Agency will cooperate
with Research Center of Environmental Science and
Engineering of AUST, School of Medicine of AUST;
– Huainan Environmental Automatic Monitoring Center
(HEAM) will provide database and partial equipment for
AUST research.

��Obtain Obtain accurate data on the coal-burn coal burn caused pollutant in
Huainan;
��Provide Provide fundamental understanding and important information of
ground-level ground level air pollution for local policy makers;
��Share Share with Chinese partners US regulatory environmental and
compliance policies, such as self-reporting, self reporting, emissions trading and
tax-related tax related incentives, coupled with tough enforcement.
�� Allow public aware of public health problems, further improve
public health problems caused by coal consumption.
��Adopt Adopt the new type of monitoring in Huainan in the near future.