1. Advances in air pollution control for vessels in China.
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Yang, Yanping, Gong, Yue, Wang, Ying, Wu, Xuecheng, Zhou, Zhiying, Weng, Weiguo, and Zhang, Yongxin
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AIR pollution control , *EMISSION control , *CATALYTIC reduction , *EMISSION standards , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation - Abstract
Vessel emissions have contributed a great deal to air quality deterioration in China. Hence, the Chinese government has promulgated a series of stringent emission regulations. It is in this context that vessel emission control technology research is in full swing. In particular, during the 13th Five-Year Plan, the air pollution control technology of vessels has greatly improved. Vessel emission control has followed two main governance routes: source emission reduction and aftertreatment technology. Source control focuses on alternative fuels, with two main directions, the development of new fuels and the modification of existing fuels. Moreover, after-treatment technologies have also been developed, including wet desulfurization technology using seawater or alkaline liquids as wet washing liquids and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for the control of NO x emission. Due to China's increasingly stringent emissions standards and regulations, work on the development of clean alternative fuels and further upgrading the collaborative application of after-treatment technologies to meet the near-zero-emissions requirements of vessels is still necessary. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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