Acidity of rainfall samples in close vicinity of coal-fired power plant with wet cooling tower with flue gas injection.
Acid rain
Coal-fired power plant
Cooling towers
Journal
Environmental monitoring and assessment
ISSN: 1573-2959
Titre abrégé: Environ Monit Assess
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8508350
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 Sep 2021
07 Sep 2021
Historique:
received:
15
03
2021
accepted:
02
09
2021
entrez:
7
9
2021
pubmed:
8
9
2021
medline:
10
9
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The paper presents measurement data concerning the degree of acidification of precipitation collected during a 6-month measurement campaign carried out in an immediate vicinity of a power plant, where the cooling tower was used for discharging flue gases as a product of coal combustion. As reference, data obtained from parallel measurements carried out at a monitoring station considered as city background station were used. High acidity of precipitation was anticipated due to reactions of acid gases contained in the combustion gases with water, which already occur inside the cooling tower. The results have not confirmed this assumption. The pH value of the precipitation samples was significantly higher than the pH of rainwater at the background station located 18 km away from the power plant.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34491444
doi: 10.1007/s10661-021-09443-x
pii: 10.1007/s10661-021-09443-x
pmc: PMC8423646
doi:
Substances chimiques
Air Pollutants
0
Coal
0
Gases
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
635Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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