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, NOX, 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.
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.