UTICAJ TERMOELEKTRANE KAKANJ NA ZAGAĐENJE ZRAKA
INFLUENCE OF KAKANJ THERMAL POWER PLANT ON AIR POLLUTION

Summary/Abstract: During the process of combustion of coal in thermal power plants there are a pollutant emission and air pollution that generally exceed the limit values according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and cause early death and significant health disorders in the population. The majority of thermal power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina are older than 30 years and are based on lignite and brown coal from local mining basins. All power plants are characterized by low energy efficiency ranging from 25 to 31%, while the energy efficiency of modern thermal power plants in Europe is higher than 41%. Three of the four thermal power plants in our country occupy the rank of ten European power plants with the highest sulfur dioxide emissions. The use of clean technologies (which includes the desulphurization of flue gases) includes all those processes that try to reduce the concentration of harmful ingredients in the atmosphere.

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