TY - JOUR
TI - Air quality monitoring and modeling near coal fired power plant
AU - Vujić Bogdana B
AU - Marčeta Una V
AU - Popescu Francisc
AU - Tot Bojana I
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2019
VL - 23
IS - 6
SP - 4055
EP - 4065
PT - Article
AB - In municipality of Ugljevik (Bosnia and Herzegovina), the coal-fired thermal  power plant (TPP) is located in the vicinity of the populated area. The  ambient air quality monitoring within this area were not systematically  performed in the previous period. This research was the first to include  indicative measurement of pollutant concentration in air combined with  modeling techniques for the purpose of a preliminary assessment of impact  which the power plant has on air quality. Since coal, with the sulfur  content of 3-6%, is used, as well as the fact that there was no flue gas  desulphurization (FGD) during the research period, this paper shows the  results for sulfur dioxide as one of the most prominent indicators of  pollution originating from the power plant. As a complement to the  measurements, modeling of sulfur dioxide dispersion was carried out using  ADMS5 software. The measurements indicated increased ground-level  concentrations of sulfur dioxide. Additionally, the modeling of sulfur  dioxide dispersion with real meteorological data was carried out. The  modeling confirmed high sulfur dioxide concentrations in research area.  Also, it was found that the high episodic ground-level SO2 concentrations  are the consequence of the terrain configuration and meteorological  conditions.