SO2 and NOx emissions due to fossil ruel combustion in Saudi Arabia: A preliminary inventory |
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| Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China;2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Ferro and Piezoelectric Materials and Devices, Faculty of Physics and Electronic Technology, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei 430062, China;3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, California 94305, USA;2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea;1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, PR China;2. Key Laboratory for Liquid-solid Structural Evolution and Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), Engineering Ceramics Key Laboratory of Shandong Province, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, PR China;3. CSIRO Manufacturing, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia;4. Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety of CAS, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Phenomenal economic growth during the last two decades, as a result of oil wealth, has led to a dramatic increase in the demand for fossil fuel in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). In this paper a preliminary inventory for sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emitted into the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel combustion by various economic sectors in KSA in the year 1986 is presented. Emissions are discussed in relation to major source categories (major fuel consuming economic sectors) and on the basis of type of fuel combusted. The data are also geographically disaggregated according to major economic and population centers in KSA in order to show the spatial distribution of emissions. Also, SO2 and NOx emission trends (1971–1990) were estimated from 1986 data and historical and projected fuel consumption figures. |
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