Energy production using coal-fired power plants have impact on climate and on air local air quality. Although coal consumption decreased by over 40% between 1990 and 2014 in Europe, this trend has not been uniform for all member states. Implementing EU directives, the Italian law (D. Lgs. 46/2014), introduced stricter emissions standards, even if the majority of Italian coal-fired power plants are already well-equipped with controls for NOx, SO2 and PM, and have been able to ‘opt in’ to the new legislation without further modification. This work present a source apportionment (SA) study on PM10 samples collected nearby the two largest Italian coal-fired power plants: Federico II (FEDII) and Torrevaldaliga Nord (TVN). The SA was performed to evaluate the impact of the emissions in the surrounded areas using the multi-model approach based on PMF and CMB receptor models integrated with CALPUFF dispersion model, specifically developed for coal-fired power plants Contini et al. (2016). The study allowed to estimate the contributions of the two power plants to primary PM10 and to secondary (sulphate) comparing the influence of the two plants in the surroundings areas.
Analysis of the primary and secondary contributions to PM10 concentrations of the two largest coal-fired power plants of Italy
Dinoi A.;Genga A.;Siciliano M.;
2019-01-01
Abstract
Energy production using coal-fired power plants have impact on climate and on air local air quality. Although coal consumption decreased by over 40% between 1990 and 2014 in Europe, this trend has not been uniform for all member states. Implementing EU directives, the Italian law (D. Lgs. 46/2014), introduced stricter emissions standards, even if the majority of Italian coal-fired power plants are already well-equipped with controls for NOx, SO2 and PM, and have been able to ‘opt in’ to the new legislation without further modification. This work present a source apportionment (SA) study on PM10 samples collected nearby the two largest Italian coal-fired power plants: Federico II (FEDII) and Torrevaldaliga Nord (TVN). The SA was performed to evaluate the impact of the emissions in the surrounded areas using the multi-model approach based on PMF and CMB receptor models integrated with CALPUFF dispersion model, specifically developed for coal-fired power plants Contini et al. (2016). The study allowed to estimate the contributions of the two power plants to primary PM10 and to secondary (sulphate) comparing the influence of the two plants in the surroundings areas.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
