PMID- 30045566
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180726
LR  - 20180726
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 628-629
DP  - 2018 Jul 1
TI  - Distribution of coal and coal combustion related organic pollutants in the 
      environment of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region.
PG  - 1462-1488
LID - S0048-9697(18)30482-0 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.092 [doi]
AB  - In this study, a large sample set (276) was separated into up to 15 groups, 
      including coal, fly ash, total particulate matter, coal wastes, river sediments, 
      and different water types. Grouping the sample set into these categories helped 
      to identify the typical features of combustion or water-washing and compare them 
      using newly developed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon diagnostic ratios. A wide 
      range of organic pollutants were identified in samples, including aromatic and 
      polycyclic hydrocarbons, nitrogen-heterocycles, 
      sulphur-heterocycles + trithiolane, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 
      substituted with oxygen functional groups. The distribution of compounds was 
      significantly influenced by water washing or combustion. During the self-heating 
      of coal wastes, secondary compounds such as chlorinated aromatics (chlorobenzene, 
      chloroanthracene, etc.) or light sulphur compounds (e.g. benzenethiol and 
      benzo[b]thiophene) were formed (synthesised). Since these compounds are generally 
      absent in sedimentary organic matter, their origin may be connected with 
      high-temperature formation in burning coal dumps. These compounds should be 
      identified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment. The newly 
      defined diagnostic ratios have worked well in separating samples (petrogenic and 
      pyrogenic) and have pointed out the effect of incomplete combustion on 
      self-heated coal waste, ash from domestic furnaces, or water washing and 
      biodegradation of the studied compounds.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Nadudvari, Adam
AU  - Nadudvari A
AD  - Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, 6 Kossutha St., 40-844 Katowice, 
      Poland. Electronic address: adam17183@gmail.com.
FAU - Fabianska, Monika J
AU  - Fabianska MJ
AD  - Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, 60 Bedzinska St., 41-200 
      Sosnowiec, Poland.
FAU - Marynowski, Leszek
AU  - Marynowski L
AD  - Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, 60 Bedzinska St., 41-200 
      Sosnowiec, Poland.
FAU - Kozielska, Barbara
AU  - Kozielska B
AD  - Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Power and Environmental 
      Engineering, Department of Air Protection, 2 Akademicka St., 44-100 Gliwice, 
      Poland.
FAU - Konieczynski, Jan
AU  - Konieczynski J
AD  - Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 34 M. 
      Sklodowskiej-Curie St., 41-819 Zabrze, Poland.
FAU - Smolka-Danielowska, Danuta
AU  - Smolka-Danielowska D
AD  - Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, 60 Bedzinska St., 41-200 
      Sosnowiec, Poland.
FAU - Cmiel, Stanislaw
AU  - Cmiel S
AD  - Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, 60 Bedzinska St., 41-200 
      Sosnowiec, Poland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180220
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Coal combustion
OT  - Coal- and coal wastes
OT  - PAH diagnostic ratios
OT  - Persistant organic pollutants
OT  - Self-heating
EDAT- 2018/07/27 06:00
MHDA- 2018/07/27 06:01
CRDT- 2018/07/27 06:00
PHST- 2017/12/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/02/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/02/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/07/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/07/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/07/27 06:01 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(18)30482-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.092 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jul 1;628-629:1462-1488. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.092. Epub 2018 Feb 20.