Abstract
Power generating plants are traditionally considered as sources of pollution of the environment by sulphur compounds, oxides of nitrogen, and ash. Data on organic substances in emissions from power plants are limited mostly to information on overall organic substances or on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, usually benz(a)pyrene. In the USSR (mainly in Estonia) the annual consumption of shale for power generating needs is about 25 million tonnes**3 and consequently in the emissions from power plants to atmosphere there are about 2000 t of organic substances per year. In view of this the authors attempted a hygienic evaluation of the organic substances present in emissions from power plants burning shale, allowing for the qualitative and quantitative composition of the emissions. To determine the composition of emissions from boilers burning shale in a fluidised bed by the vortex method and by direct combustion samples were taken of flue gases after they had passed through the electrostatic precipitators.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 37-38 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Volume | 33 |
| No | 1 |
| Specialist publication | Thermal Engineering (English translation of Teploenergetika) |
| State | Published - Jan 1986 |