Proceedings - Particulate Matter Flux Deposition In The Vicinity Of A Coal-Fired Power Plant

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2012

Authors

Maria de Lurdes Dinis (Author) FEUP; Joaquim Góis (Author) FEUP; António Fiúza (Author) FEUP; José Soeiro de Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Ana Meira Castro (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: The Sixth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology

IC-EST 2012

Houston, Texas, USA, 25 a 29 de Junho de 2012

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Environmental technology ; Technological sciences > Engineering ; Natural sciences > Environmental science

Other information

Abstract (EN): This paper describes the methodology adopted to assess local air quality impact in the vicinity of a coal power plant located in the south of Portugal. Two sampling areas were selected to assess the deposition flux of dust fallout and its potential spatial heterogeneity. The sampling area was divided into two subareas: the inner, with higher sampling density and urban and suburban characteristics, inside a 6-km circle centered on the stacks, and an outer subarea, mainly rural, with lower sampling density within a radius of 20 km. Particulate matter deposition was studied in the vicinity of the coal fired power plant during three seasonal sampling campaigns. For the first one, the average annual flux of dust fallout was 22.51 g/(m2 yr), ranging from 4.20 to 65.94 g/(m2 yr); for the second one was 9.47 g/(m2 yr), ranging from 0.78 to 32.72 g/(m2 yr) and for the last one was 38.42 g/(m2 yr), ranging from 1.41 to 117.48 g/(m2 yr). The fallout during the second campaign turned out to be much lower than for others. This was in part due to meteorological local patterns but mostly due to the fact that the power plant was not working at full power during the second sampling campaign.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Outstanding Conference Paper Award, third place, at the Sixth International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology