Estimation of environmental pollutants using the AERMOD model in Shazand thermal power plant, Arak, Iran

Abstract

This study aimed to estimate the environmental pollutants emitted from a thermal power plant’s chimney. The power plant emission distribution during the 8-hour and average annual periods was modeled using the AERMOD and compared with national and international standards from December 22 2019 to September 21 2020. When the use of mazut fuel, the PM₁₀, NO_X, CO concentrations as fuel burn are less than the national and international standard. The maximum CO concentration at the 8-hour time interval is 0.15, which indicates power plants have a smaller share of CO emissions in an urban environment.

Keywords:

• Thermal power plant
• AERMOD model
• pollutant
• modeling
• Shazand

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank all those who contributed during our study, including those in charge of the Shazand-Arak Thermal Power Plant.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, [author initials], upon reasonable request.