Abstract. Particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides NOx (NOx =  NO2+ NO) are key species for urban air quality in Europe and are emitted by mobile sources. According to European recommendations, a significant fraction of road freight should be shifted to waterborne transport in the future. In order to better consider this emission change pattern in future emission inventories, in the present study inland water transport emissions of NOx, CO2 and PM were investigated under real world conditions on the river Rhine, Germany, in 2013. An average NO2 ∕ NOx emission ratio of 0.08 ± 0.02 was obtained, which is indicative of ship diesel engines without exhaust gas aftertreatment systems. For all measured motor ship types and operation conditions, overall weighted average emission indices (EIs), as emitted mass of pollutant per kg burnt fuel of EINOx =  54 ± 4 g kg−1 and a lower limit EIPM1 ≥  2.0 ± 0.3 g kg−1, were obtained. EIs for NOx and PM1 were found to be in the range of 20–161 and  ≥  0.2–8.1 g kg−1 respectively. A comparison with threshold values of national German guidelines shows that the NOx emissions of all investigated motor ship types are above the threshold values, while the obtained lower limit PM1 emissions are just under. To reduce NOx emissions to acceptable values, implementation of exhaust gas aftertreatment systems is recommended.

Die zumeist unerwünschte Freisetzung von Partikeln aus Schüttgütern kann bei den unterschiedlichsten Handhabungen der Materialien erfolgen und eine Gefährdung für Mensch und Umwelt darstellen. Die Staubungsneigung ist somit eine wichtige Eigenschaft eines Materials und dabei abhängig von der jeweiligen Art der Beanspruchung. In der hier vorliegenden Arbeit wurde die Staubungsneigung und der Einfluss von Mahlhilfsmitteln auf diese mit einer Fallapparatur und einer Rotationsapparatur untersucht. Die ermittelten Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Staubungsneigung von Schüttgütern durch die Zugabe von Mahlhilfsmitteln erheblich gesteigert werden kann.

Particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides NO x (NO x = NO 2 + NO) are key species for urban air quality in Europe and are emitted by mobile sources. According to European recommendations, a significant fraction of road freight should be shifted to waterborne transport in the future. In order to better consider this changed emission pattern in future emission inventories, in the present study, inland water transport emissions of NO x , CO 2 and PM were investigated under 10 real world conditions at the river Rhine, Germany in 2013. An average NO 2 /NO x emission ratio of 0.08 ± 0.02 was obtained, which is indicative of ship diesel engines without after-treatment systems. For all measured motor ship types and operation conditions overall weighted average emission indices of EI NO x = 54  4 g kg -1 and a lower limit EI PM 1 =  2.0  0.3 g kg -1 were obtained. EIs for NO x and PM 1 were found to be in the range of 20-161 g kg -1 and  0.2-8.1 g kg -1 , respectively. A comparison with threshold values of national German guidelines shows that the NO x emissions of all investigated motor ship 15 types are above the threshold values, while the obtained lower limit PM 1 emissions just within. To reduce NO x emissions to acceptable values, implementation of after-treatment systems is recommended.

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