Analysis of the National Annual Emission of Pollutants from Road Transport in Poland in the Years 1990–2020

Krystian Szczepański, Katarzyna Bebkiewicz, Zdzisław Chłopek, Hubert Sar () and Dagna Zakrzewska
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Krystian Szczepański: Institute of Environmental Protection–National Research Institute, 5/11D Krucza Str., 00-548 Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna Bebkiewicz: The National Centre for Emissions Management (KOBiZE), Institute of Environmental Protection–National Research Institute, 32 Słowicza Str., 02-170 Warsaw, Poland
Zdzisław Chłopek: The National Centre for Emissions Management (KOBiZE), Institute of Environmental Protection–National Research Institute, 32 Słowicza Str., 02-170 Warsaw, Poland
Hubert Sar: Institute of Vehicles and Construction Machinery Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 84 Narbutta Str., 02-524 Warsaw, Poland
Dagna Zakrzewska: The National Centre for Emissions Management (KOBiZE), Institute of Environmental Protection–National Research Institute, 32 Słowicza Str., 02-170 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 10, 1-22

Abstract: This article presents the official results of the inventory of pollutants in Poland from road transport, developed in the National Centre for Emissions Management of the Institute of Environmental Protection–National Research Institute in Warsaw as part of the reporting of national pollutant emissions. Considerations concern pollutants harmful to the health of living organisms. Source information is available in official reports. The national emission of pollutants covers the years of balancing 1990–2020. The aim of the work is to assess the dynamic properties of the processes of national emission of pollutants. The list of substances whose emission is examined in the article is consistent with the list of substances in accordance with the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme/European Environment Agency (EMEP/EEA) procedure. These are pollutants harmful to the health of living organisms. The inventory of pollutants contributing to the intensification of the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere is carried out as part of separate reports. The energy consumption of road vehicles was presented. The ratio of national annual emissions of pollutants in 2020 and in 1990 is the lowest for sulfur oxides and lead, followed by non-methane volatile organic compounds and carbon monoxide. The analysis of the national pollutant emission concerned the energy emission factor, which characterizes the ecological level of the accumulated category of road vehicles. This is an original element, not seen before in world literature and official reports of research institutes. An unambiguous trend of decreasing the energy emission factor of pollutants, apart from ammonia, was found, which is related to the use of catalytic flue gas purification systems. This is confirmed by the analysis of the ratio of the energy emission factor in 2020 and 1990, as well as the relative derivative of the energy emission factor in relation to the national annual emission of pollutants.

Keywords: energy emission factor; road transport; inventory of pollutant emission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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