Influence of nuclear power unit on decreasing emissions of greenhouse gases

• Autorzy: Stanek W. , Szargut J. , Kolenda Z. , Czarnowska L.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/aoter-2015-0004

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper presents a comparison of selected power technologies from the point of view of emissions of greenhouse gases. Such evaluation is most often based only on analysis of direct emissions from combustion. However, the direct analysis does not show full picture of the problem as significant emissions of GHG appear also in the process of mining and transportation of fuel. It is demonstrated in the paper that comparison of power technologies from the GHG point of view has to be done using the cumulative calculus covering the whole cycle of fuel mining, processing, transportation and end-use. From this point of view coal technologies are in comparable level as gas technologies while nuclear power units are characterised with lowest GHG emissions. Mentioned technologies are compared from the point of view of GHG emissions in full cycle. Specific GHG cumulative emission factors per unit of generated electricity are determined. These factors have been applied to simulation of the influence of introduction of nuclear power units on decrease of GHG emissions in domestic scale. Within the presented simulations the prognosis of domestic power sector development according to the Polish energy policy till 2030 has been taken into account. The profitability of introduction of nuclear power units from the point of view of decreasing GHG emissions has been proved.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

power plants; energy policy; global warming; greenhouse gasses; nuclear power

PL

elektrownie; polityka energetyczna; globalne ocieplenie; gazy cieplarniane; energia atomowa

• Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Maszyn Przepływowych PAN ; Komitet Termodynamiki i Spalania PAN
• Czasopismo: Archives of Thermodynamics
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 36, no. 1
• Strony: 55--65
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz., rys., tab., wykr., wz.

Twórcy

autor

Stanek W.

• Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

autor

Szargut J.

• Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

autor

Kolenda Z.

• AGH – University of Science and Technology, Department of Fundamental Research in Energy Engineering, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

autor

Czarnowska L.

• Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

Bibliografia

• [1] Stanek W., Szargut J., Kolenda Z., Czarnowska L., Bury T.: Thermoecological evaluation of nuclear power plant within the whole life cycle. In: Proc. Conf. ECOS’2014. Turku 2014.
• [2] Tani F., Haldi P-A., Favrat D.: Exergy-based comparison of the nuclear fuel cycles of light water and generation IV reactors. In: Proc. Conf. ECOS 2010, Lausanne 2010.
• [3] Hermann W.: Quantifying global exergy resources. Energy 31(2006), 1685–1702.
• [4] Statistical Review of World Energy 2013. www.bp.com (last accessed Jan. 2014).
• [5] Energy Policy of Poland for 2030. Ministry of Economy 2009. www.mg.gov.pl (last accessed Sept. 2014.
• [6] Energy and fuel management in 2011, 2012. GUS, (in Polish). www.stat.gov.pl (last accessed Sept. 2014) .
• [7] Celinski Z., Strupczewski A.: Nuclear Power. WNT, Warszawa 1984 (in Polish).
• [8] Role of Alternative Energy Sources: Nuclear Technology Assessment. DOE/NETL-2011/1502. August 8, 2012. National Energy Technology Laboratory. www.netl.doe.gov (last accessed 23.01.2014.
• [9] Szargut J., Ziębik A., Stanek W.: Depletion of the non-renewable natural exergy resources as a measure of the ecological cost. Energ. Convers. Manage. 42(2002), 1149–1163.
• [10] Szargut J., Stanek W.: Thermo-climatic cost of the domestic consumption products. Energy 35(2010), 2, 1196–1199.
• [11] Finneveden G., Ostlund P.: Exergies of natural resources in life-cycle assessment and other applications. Energy 22(1997), 9.
• [12] Life Cycle Analysis: Existing Pulverized Coal (EXPC) Power Plant. DOE/NETL-403-110809. September 30, 2010. National Energy Technology Laboratory. www.netl.doe.gov (last accessed Sept. 2014).
• [13] Life Cycle Analysis: Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) Power Plant. DOE/NETL-403-110509. September 30, 2010. National Energy Technology Laboratory. www.netl.doe.gov (last accessed Sept. 2014).
• [14] Stanek W.: Method of evaluation of ecological effects in thermal processes with the application of exergy analysis. Silesian University of Technology Press, Gliwice 2009 (in Polish).
• [15] Stanek W., Bialecki R.: Can natural gas warm the climate more than coal? Fuel 136 (2014), 341–348.
• [16] Kotowicz J., Dryjańska A.: Supercritical power plant 600 MW with cryogenic oxygen plant and CCS installation. Arch. Thermodyn. 34(2013), 3, 123–137.
• [17] Ziębik A., Gładysz P.: Analysis of the cumulative exergy consumption of an integrated oxy-fuel combustion power plant. Arch. Thermodyn. 34(2013), 3, 105–122.

Uwagi

EN

This work has been developed thanks to the support from the statutory research fund of the Faculty of Power and Environmental Engineering of Silesian University of Technology. This work was also supported by the National Centre for Research and Development (Project HTRPL, Contract No. SP/J/1/166183/1 2).