Emission Inventory and Characteristics of Anthropogenic Air Pollution Sources Based on Second Pollution Source Census Data in Sichuan Province

In this research, the activity data of Sichuan Province were collected using bottom-up and top-down methods. According to the second survey of pollution sources, the activity data of industrial source includes information of 11 020 boilers and 60 078 industrial enterprises. Data of 19 152 industrial enterprises were collected in Chengdu, accounting for 32% of the total number of enterprises in Sichuan Province. The anthropogenic air pollutant emission inventory of 9 km×9 km was developed for Sichuan Province in 2017 with the use of appropriate emission estimation methods. The results showed that the total emission of SO2, NOx, CO, PM10, PM2.5, BC, OC, VOCs, and NH3 in Sichuan were 308.6×103, 725.7×103, 3 131.2×103, 927.6×103, 422.4×103, 30.2×103, 72.0×103, 600.9×103, and 887.1×103 t. The fixed combustion source and process source mainly contributed as sources of SO2. The main source of CO was the process source and mobile source. Further, the dust source and process source were the main sources of PM10 and PM2.5, and the dust source was the largest source of BC and OC contributions. The emission sources of the VOCs were primarily the process sources, mobile sources and solvent use sources. The NH3 emissions were mainly from livestock and poultry breeding and nitrogen fertilizer applications. The spatial distribution results showed that the pollutants were mainly concentrated in the densely populated Sichuan basin and Panzhihua region, where industry and agriculture were relatively developed. The high value points are concentrated along the Deyang-Chengdu-Meishan-Leshan line in Chengdu Plain. The emission inventory established in this study still has certain uncertainties, and the accuracy of activity level data acquisition should be further enhanced. Moreover, pollutant emission factor testing should be carried out for typical pollution sources, and grid emission inventory should be improved to provide scientific support for the prevention and control of air pollution in Sichuan Province in the future. © 2020, Science Press. All right reserved.