Modelling of Mercury Emissions from Large Solid Fuel Combustion and Biomonitoring in CZ-PL Border Region

• Autorzy: Kříž, J. , Loskot, J. , Štěpánek, V. , Hyšplerová, L. , Jezbera, D. , Trnková, L. , Dołhańczuk-Śródka, A. , Ziembik, Z. , Rajfur, M. , Kłos, A. , Wacławek, M.

Warianty tytułu

PL

Modelowanie i biomonitoring emisji rtęci z masowego spalania paliwa stałego na pograniczu polsko-czeskim

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Tightening of norms for air protection leads to a development of new and significantly more effective techniques for removing particulate matter, SOx and NOx from flue gas which originates from large solid fuel combustion. Recently, it has been found that combinations of these environmental technologies can also lead to the reduction of mercury emissions from coal power plants. Now the greatest attention is paid especially to the coal power plant in Opatovice nad Labem, close to Hradec Kralove. Its system for flue gas dedusting was replaced by a modern type of cloth fabric filter with the highest particle separation efficiency which belongs to the category of BAT. Using this technology, together with modernization of the desulphurisation device and increasing of nitrogen oxides removal efficiency, leads also to a reduction of mercury emissions from this power plant. The University of Hradec Kralove, the Opole University and EMPLA Hradec Kralove successfully cooperate in the field of toxic metals biomonitoring almost 20 years. In the Czech-Polish border region, comprehensive biomonitoring of mercury in bioindicators Xerocomus badius in 9 long-term monitored reference points is done. The values of mercury concentration measured in 2012 and 2016 were compared with values computed by a dispersion model SYMOS′97 (updated 2014). Thanks to modern methods of dedusting and desulphurisation, emissions of mercury from this large coal power plant are now smaller than before and that the downward trends continues. The results indicate that Xerocomus badius is a suitable bioindicator for a long-term monitoring of changes in mercury imissions in this forested border region. This finding is significant because it shows that this region is suitable for leisure, recreation, and rehabilitation.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

BAT; odpylanie spalin; modelowanie imisji; rtęć; biomonitoring

EN

BAT flue gas dedusting; modelling of imissions; mercury biomonitoring

• Czasopismo: Ecological Chemistry and Engineering. S
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 23, nr 4
• Strony: 593--604
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Kříž, J.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 50003 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

autor

Loskot, J.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 50003 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

autor

Štěpánek, V.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 50003 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

autor

Hyšplerová, L.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 50003 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

autor

Jezbera, D.

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Králové, Rokitanského 62, 50003 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

autor

Trnková, L.

• EMPLA AG spol. s r. o., Za Škodovkou 305, 503 11 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

autor

Dołhańczuk-Śródka, A.

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-035 Opole, Poland

autor

Ziembik, Z.

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-035 Opole, Poland

autor

Rajfur, M.

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-035 Opole, Poland

autor

Kłos, A.

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-035 Opole, Poland

autor

Wacławek, M.

• Independent Chair of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole, ul. kard. B. Kominka 6, 45-035 Opole, Poland

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DOI

10.1515/eces-2016-0042