Impact of emissions from coal-based thermal power plants on surrounding vegetation and air quality over Bokaro Thermal Power Plant

Introduction.Coal dust and coal fi ring products contain large amounts of carcinogenic chemicals (specifically benz[a]pyrene) that are different in influence on workers of coal mines and thermal power plants. Specific immune reactions to benz[a]pyrene therefore in these categories of workers can have specific features.Objective.To reveal features of antibodies specifi c to benz[a]pyrene formation in workers of coal mines and thermal power plants.Materials and methods.The study covered A and G class antibodies against benz[a]pyrene (IgA-Bp and IgG-Bp) in serum of 705 males: 213 donors of Kemerovo blood transfusion center (group 1, reference); 293 miners(group 2) and 199 thermal power plant workers (group 3). Benz[a]pyrene conjugate with bovine serum albumin as an adsorbed antigen was subjected to immune-enzyme assay.Results.IgA-Bp levels in the miners (Me = 2.7) did not differ from those in the reference group (Me = 2.9), but in the thermal power plant workers (Me = 3.7) were reliably higher than those in healthy men and in the miners (p<0.0001). Levels of IgG-Bp in the miners (Me = 5.0) appeared to be lower than those in the reference group (Me = 6.4; (p = 0.05). IgG-Bb level in the thermal power plantworkers (Me = 7.4) exceeded the parameters in the healthy donors and the miners (p<0.0001). Non-industrial factors (age and smoking) appeared tohave no influence on specific immune reactions against benz[a]pyrene in the miners and the thermal power plant workers.Conclusions.Specific immune reactions against benz[a]pyrene in the miners and the thermal power plant workers are characterized by peculiarities: the miners demonstrate lower levels of class A serum antibodies to benz[a]pyrene; the thermal power plant workers present increased serum levels of class G antibodies to benz[a]pyrene. These peculiarities result from only the occupational features, but do not depend on such factors as age, smoking and length of service at hazardous production. It is expedient to study specific immune reactions to benz[a]pyrene in workers of coal mines and thermal power plants, to evaluate individual oncologic risk and if malignancies occur.

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SANITARY PROTECTION ZONES BY NOISE FACTOR FROM GAS DISTRIBUTION POINTS

Akustika ◽

10.36336/akustika202141133 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 133-137

Author(s):

Vladimir Tupov ◽

Vitaliy Skvortsov

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Natural Gas ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Design Stage ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Gas Distribution ◽

Surrounding Area ◽

Protection Zone

The power equipment of thermal power plants is a source of noise to the surrounding area. One of the sources of noise for the surrounding area are gas distribution points (GDP) of thermal power plants (TPP) and district thermal power plants (RTS). Noise from gas distribution points may exceed sanitary standards at the border of the sanitary protection zone. The article shows that the radiated noise from gas distribution points depends on the power of the thermal power plant (natural gas consumption) and the type of valves. Three types of valves used in gas distribution points are considered. Formulas are obtained for calculating the width of the sanitary protection zone for gas distribution points for thermal stations, depending on the consumption of natural gas (electric power of the thermal power plant) and the type of valve. It is shown that, depending on the valve used, the noise level at the border of the sanitary protection zone can either meet sanitary standards or exceed them. This allows at the design stage to select the required type of valve or to determine mitigation measures from hydraulic fracturing.

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Supplier Selection Criterion for SSCM in Indian Thermal Power Plant

Managing Operations Throughout Global Supply Chains - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8157-4.ch012 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 240-257

Author(s):

Suchismita Satapathy

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Selection Criterion ◽

Raw Material ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Whole Process ◽

Main Motive

All companies are dependent on their raw material providers. The same applies in the case of thermal power plants. The major raw material for a thermal power plant is the coal. There are a lot of companies which in turn provide this coal to the thermal power plant. Some of these companies are international; some are local, whereas the others are localized. The thermal power plants look into all the aspects of the coal providing company, before settling down for a deal. Some people are specifically assigned to the task of managing the supply chain. The main motive is to optimize the whole process and achieve higher efficiency. There are a lot of things which a thermal power plant looks into before finalizing a deal, such as the price, quality of goods, etc. Thus, it is very important for the raw material providers to understand each and every aspect of the demands of the thermal power plant. A combination of three methods—Delphi, SWARA, and modified SWARA—has been applied to a list of factors, which has later been ranked according to the weight and other relevant calculations.

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Fly ash and slag utilization for the Serbian railway substructure

Transport ◽

10.3846/16484142.2016.1252427 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 389-398 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mirjana Vukićević ◽

Zdenka Popović ◽

Jovan Despotović ◽

Luka Lazarević

Keyword(s):

Fly Ash ◽

Power Plant ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Cement Industry ◽

Engineering Properties ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Nikola Tesla ◽

Railway Substructure

Approximately 7 million tons of fly ash and slag are produced in thermal power plants in Serbia every year, only 3% of which is used in the cement industry. About 300 million tons of the ash-slag mixture are disposed in landfills, occupying an area of approximately 1600 hectares and generating environmental issues. Fly ash from Serbian power plants has pozzolanic properties and due to low concentration of calcium compounds (less than 10% CaO), they do not have self-cementing properties. According to the ASTM C618-15, this ash is from class F. According to the European Standard EN 197-1:2011, this ash is siliceous (type V) ash. From April 2014 to May 2015, an investigation of engineering properties of fly ash and mixtures of fly ash and slag from landfill (without or with binders of cement/lime) was conducted at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the University of Belgrade (Serbia) and at the Institute for Testing of Materials – IMS Institute in Belgrade. The laboratory test results were showed in the study ‘Utilization of fly ash and slag produced in the TPP JP EPS thermal power plants for construction of railways’. Four kinds of waste materials from Serbian power plants were laboratory tested: (a) an ash-slag mixture from landfills at the ‘Nikola Tesla A’ thermal power plant; (b) fly ash from silos in the ‘Nikola Tesla B’ thermal power plant; (c) an ash-slag mixture from landfills at the ‘Kostolac A’ and ‘Kostolac B’ thermal power plants and ‘Srednje kostolačko ostrvo’ landfill; (d) fly ash from the ‘Kostolac’ thermal power plant. The following physical and mechanical properties of ash and mixtures were investigated: grain size distribution, Atterberg limits, specific gravity, moisture-density relationship, shear strength parameters in terms of effective stresses, California Bearing Ratio (CBR), and deformation parameters. The paper presents the results of laboratory tests of the materials with and without binders, and based on the laboratory results and previous research, the paper presents possibilities of using fly ash and slag for the construction of railway substructure in the planned construction and reconstruction of railway network in Serbia. The obtained results indicate that tested fly ash and ash-slag mixture have met the technical requirements and that they have the potential to be used in railway substructure.

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The Database of Measuring Systems for Environmental Monitoring of Thermal Power Plant Emissions

Vestnik MEI ◽

10.24160/1993-6982-2021-6-66-76 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 66-76

Author(s):

Pavel V. Roslyakov ◽

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Saina A. Sivtseva ◽

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Database Management ◽

Power Plants ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Database Management System ◽

Measuring Instruments ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Emission Monitoring ◽

Automatic Systems

According to the Russian environmental legislation, all sources of atmospheric pollution at Category I industrial enterprises must necessarily be equipped with automatic systems for monitoring and accounting of marker pollutants emissions. Such industrial facilities include more than 100 thermal power plants. The list of marker pollutants has been established in the relevant industry information and technical reference books on the best available technologies (ITR BAT). The list of marker pollutants monitored at thermal power plants by automatic systems includes nitrogen oxides NOX, sulfur dioxide SO2, carbon monoxide CO, and solid fuel ash. The use of domestically produced measuring equipment for these purposes is set forth as a priority task. However, there is currently no systematic information about gas analysis systems available in the market. The measuring instruments are analyzed, and a database of domestic sampling and non-sampling gas analytical systems is set up, which includes the main methods and means of measuring pollutants emissions, the technical characteristics of which meet the requirements of regulatory documents, and which allows specialists to optimally choose measuring instruments for organizing a continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) at thermal power plants, taking into account specific conditions and requirements. The Microsoft Access Relational Database Management System (DBMS), which is a flexible database management system, is used to create the database. The developed database of measuring instruments for emission monitoring includes equipment from 33 Russian companies. The DBMS enables the user to organize data in tabular form and produce requests for selecting certain specified parameters. Both basic and additional criteria for selecting measuring instruments can be included in the request form. The developed DBMS takes into account the measured parameters of medium, the measurement method and means, compliance with BAT, measurement ranges and errors, estimated and warranty service life, mass and dimensional characteristics, and cost and complexity of maintenance, all serving for the convenience of selecting and implementing CEMS at thermal power plants. An example of the choice of measuring instruments from the proposed database for monitoring the marker pollutants emissions for the MPEI thermal power plant using the optimal choice algorithm is given.

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Towards Improving Technical Performance of a 747 MW Thermal Power Plant

Quaid-e-Awam University Research Journal of Engineering, Science & Technology ◽

10.52584/qrj.1901.15 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 104-111

Author(s):

Muhammad A. Raza ◽

Krishan L. Khatri ◽

Sunila Akbar ◽

Muhammad I. U. Haque

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Safety Engineering ◽

Technical Performance ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Technical Issues ◽

And Performance

In this paper, performance evaluation and technical audit of a 747 MW thermal power plant consisting of three generating units is conducted. The factors influencing the performance of the plant have been identified and improvements in processes and mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and safety engineering are suggested. These improvements would result in better profitability, productivity, and performance. The paper further discusses technical issues and challenges and identifies key areas where improvements are possible. Future recommendation for the operation of the plant that would result in better throughput are also presented. The methodology of performance analysis presented in the paper will help improving operational efficiency of thermal power plants in developing countries.

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A digital solution for risk-oriented management of thermal power plant process equipment condition

Energy Safety and Energy Economy ◽

10.18635/2071-2219-2020-5-42-54 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 42-54

Author(s):

Evgueny Boiko ◽

Igor Polikarpov ◽

Aleksey Bobrov ◽

Sergey Sizintsov ◽

Valeriy Volnev ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Business Processes ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Facility Management ◽

Process Equipment ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Power Facility ◽

Plant Process

According to digital engineering, an intelligent digital infrastructure is intended to optimize performance of thermal power plants. This paper presents an intelligent digital approach to power facility management. As an example, Siberian Generating Company thermal power plants were considered. The authors have developed specialized software able to control and predict thermal power plant process equipment conditions comparing monitoring data and failure probabilities with appropriate mathematical models. Based on a life-cycle monitoring model, a management methodology was created to be applied to technical and business processes of a power facility to improve its maintenance strategy.

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Improvement of environmental aspects of thermal power plant operation by advanced control concepts

Thermal Science ◽

10.2298/tsci120510134m ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 759-772 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert Mikulandric ◽

Drazen Loncar ◽

Dejan Cvetinovic ◽

Gabriel Spiridon ◽

Daniel Schneider

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Environmental Aspects ◽

Advanced Control ◽

Low Efficiency ◽

And Control ◽

Plant Components

The necessity of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as formulated in the Kyoto Protocol, imposes the need for improving environmental aspects of existing thermal power plants operation. Improvements can be reached either by efficiency increment or by implementation of emission reduction measures. Investments in refurbishment of existing plant components or in plant upgrading by flue gas desulphurization, by primary and secondary measures of nitrogen oxides reduction, or by biomass co-firing, are usually accompanied by modernisation of thermal power plant instrumentation and control system including sensors, equipment diagnostics and advanced controls. Impact of advanced control solutions implementation depends on technical characteristics and status of existing instrumentation and control systems as well as on design characteristics and actual conditions of installed plant components. Evaluation of adequacy of implementation of advanced control concepts is especially important in Western Balkan region where thermal power plants portfolio is rather diversified in terms of size, type and commissioning year and where generally poor maintenance and lack of investments in power generation sector resulted in high greenhouse gases emissions and low efficiency of plants in operation. This paper is intended to present possibilities of implementation of advanced control concepts, and particularly those based on artificial intelligence, in selected thermal power plants in order to increase plant efficiency and to lower pollutants emissions and to comply with environmental quality standards prescribed in large combustion plant directive.

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Electricity efficiency of auxiliary power systems in coal thermal power plant

International journal of electrical and computer engineering systems ◽

10.32985/ijeces.11.2.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 101-110

Author(s):

Azrina Mujanović ◽

Tatjana Konjić ◽

Adisa Dedić

Keyword(s):

Power Plant ◽

Power Systems ◽

Thermal Power Plant ◽

Power Plants ◽

Renewable Energy Sources ◽

Thermal Power ◽

Energy Sources ◽

Thermal Power Plants ◽

Auxiliary Power ◽

Generator Output

Renewable energy sources such as hydro, wind and solar energy are taking an increasing share in the electricity mix. However, electricity production from thermal power plants is independent of the weather conditions and is still important as a back-up power source to renewable energy sources. Given the fact that the electricity market is open, it is clear that each MWh is important. Therefore, auxiliary power systems as a part of thermal power plants should be also energy efficient. The main aim of the presented research was to investigate the efficient operation of different consumers in the auxiliary power system in the old-dated thermal power plant ‘’Tuzla’’ depending on different power at generator output. The performed analysis identified consumers suitable for electricity efficiency improvement giving results of power savings obtained on modestly available measurements and old-date technical documentation. Following obtained results, some recommendations for improving electricity efficiency were proposed with a rough calculation of possible savings. Measurements of auxiliary power system consumption depending on power at generator output in new thermal power plant ‘’Stanari’’ was presented. Future trends and directions in thermal power plant automation were also discussed.

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