Evaluation of the emission characteristics of trace metals from coal and fuel oil fired power plants and their fate during combustion

Characteristics of Heavy Metals Emitted from a Heavy Oil-Fueled Power Plant in Northern Taiwan

“…Findings show Mercury (Hg) as having the lowest metal element mass concentrations of the twenty investigated, with a mean value of 0.15 μg/m 3 . The concentrations of toxic elements Cd, Cr, Ni and Pb, were higher than those in Reddy's study (Reddy et al, 2005), however, As and Hg were lower than those in Reddy's study (Reddy et al, 2005). The capacity in this study was 2,000MW, much higher than in Reddy's study (200 MW for a coal-fired power plant and 6 MW for a fuel-oil based power plant).…”

“…The 220 MWs power plant was located in western India with an independent bituminous coal generation unit and equipped with tangential burners. The EF for Cr was highest in a 6 MW-installed capacity oil-based power plant also located in western India (Reddy et al, 2005). Lower EFs for the power plant in this study were probably due to higher combustion efficiency or higher APCD efficiency.…”

“…For toxic metals, the values of EFs for As, Cd and Ni were highest in Reddy's study on the coal fired power plant (Reddy et al, 2005). The 220 MWs power plant was located in western India with an independent bituminous coal generation unit and equipped with tangential burners.…”

“…The diverse PM composition responsible for these health effects is still unknown and attracts researchers' attention, heightening awareness of pollutants emitted from power plants. Some literatures address heavy metal emissions from coal/oil power plants worldwide, such as Finland (Hatanpaa et al, 1997), Greece (Petaloti et al, 2006), Spain (Moreno et al, 2007), Turkey (Yatkin and Bayram, 2008), India (Reddy et al, 2005) and Korea (Jang et al, 2007), however, few literatures refer to Taiwan. This study investigates the characteristics and emission factors of heavy metals from a power plant fueled by heavy oil.…”

Redox‐Flow Batteries: From Metals to Organic Redox‐Active Materials

“…CO 2 , as well as other greenhouse gases, seems to be the main origin of climate change 3, 4, 5. Additionally, coal‐fired power plants emit a multitude of different toxic heavy metals and fine dust 6, 7. Although nuclear power plants were once proposed to be the main alternative to fossil fuel based plants to reduce CO 2 emissions but, from the point‐of‐view of a responsibly acting society, they should not be utilized for electricity generation 8, 9, 10, 11.…”