Dispersion of pollutants, environmental externalities due to a pulverized coal power plant and their effect on the cost of electricity

Czarnowska, L; Frangopoulos, CA

dc.contributor.author	Czarnowska, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Frangopoulos, CA	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:08:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:08:41Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	03605442	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29700
dc.subject	Cost of electricity	en
dc.subject	EcoSenseWeb	en
dc.subject	External environmental cost	en
dc.subject	Externalities	en
dc.subject	Pollution abatement	en
dc.subject	Pulverized coal power plant	en
dc.subject.other	Cost of electricity	en
dc.subject.other	EcoSenseWeb	en
dc.subject.other	Environmental costs	en
dc.subject.other	Externalities	en
dc.subject.other	Pollution abatement	en
dc.subject.other	Pulverized coal power plant	en
dc.subject.other	Electricity	en
dc.subject.other	Energy conversion	en
dc.subject.other	Pollution	en
dc.subject.other	Power plants	en
dc.subject.other	Costs	en
dc.subject.other	cost-benefit analysis	en
dc.subject.other	dispersion	en
dc.subject.other	electricity generation	en
dc.subject.other	empirical analysis	en
dc.subject.other	pollutant	en
dc.subject.other	power plant	en
dc.subject.other	sensitivity analysis	en
dc.subject.other	software	en
dc.subject.other	thermodynamics	en
dc.subject.other	Olsztyn	en
dc.subject.other	Poland	en
dc.subject.other	Warminsko-Mazurskie	en
dc.title	Dispersion of pollutants, environmental externalities due to a pulverized coal power plant and their effect on the cost of electricity	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.004	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.004	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	Energy conversion systems generate pollution that causes damages to the environment and the society. The objective of this work is to study the dispersion of pollutants and assess the environmental and social cost due to pollution from such a system. For this purpose, a pulverized coal power plant is selected. Using thermodynamic principles combined with empirical techniques, the quantities of pollutants emitted by the plant are estimated. Then, using the EcoSenseWeb software, which is based on the results of the ExternE project, the external environmental cost (externalities) of pollution is assessed. The plant is considered as located in four different cities in Poland and the externalities are calculated for each city separately. It is shown that the external environmental cost has a strong influence on the unit cost of electricity. In addition, the dispersion of pollutants is presented for the plant located in Olsztyn city. Furthermore, the plant is considered as located near the capitals of European countries and the environmental externalities are calculated for each city. The neighboring countries that are strongly affected by the plant in each particular city are identified. The sensitivity of the unit cost of electricity to certain important parameters is investigated. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.	en
heal.journalName	Energy	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.energy.2011.08.004	en
dc.identifier.volume	41	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	212	en
dc.identifier.epage	219	en