Analysis of air Quality in the Area of Coal-fired Power Plants

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to carry out an air quality analysis in the town of Turceni by monitoring the concentration of pollutants nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), carbon monoxide (CO) and suspended particles with a diameter [10mm PM10) from the environment, given their impact on the health of the population. In this area the Gorj Environmental Protection Agency has a continuous air quality monitoring network, located northwest of Turceni Thermal Power Plant (GJ-3 - industrial station, which is part of the National Air Quality Monitoring Network). From the analysis of the data obtained during the monitoring it was found that 3 exceedences of the admissible limit value (L.V.) for the pollutant PM10 were recorded, representing 17.64% of the total values analyzed.