The Release of Trace Elements in the Process of Coal Coking

Table 7

Ranges of estimated annual fugitive emission of trace elements from the tested coke oven.

Coking plant

Estimated annual fugitive emission of the element [kg]

As

Be

Cd

Co

Hg

Mn

Ni

Se

Sr

Tl

Victoria

0.5–1.0

0.2–0.4

n.d.a.

1.0–1.9

0.3–0.7

17.7–33.5

4.5–8.5

0.5–0.9

32.2–61.0

0.2–0.5

24.6–46.6

1.1–2.1

Carbo-Koks

3.0–5.6

0.1

0.2–0.4

0.2–0.4

0.1–0.2

0.6–1.1

2.0–3.8

0.7–1.4

0.8–1.5

1.0–1.8

4.1–7.7

4.8–8.9

Dębieńsko

0*–0.1

n.d.a.

n.d.a.

n.d.a.

0.2–0.3

0.5–0.9

0.8–1.5

0.1–0.2

16.3–30.6

0.2–0.3

13.3–24.9

12.1–22.7

Przyjaźń

0.6–1.2

0.5–0.9

0.2–0.3

2.5–4.8

0.1–0.2

9.3–17.6

3.9–7.4

0.1–0.3

1.4–2.7

0*

35.9–68.4

26.9–51.2

n.d.a.: no data available.
* <0.1 kg.