POLLUTION IN POWER PLANT

AIR WATER SOUND SOLID WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE

AIR POLLUTION
PARAMETERS MONITORED SPM RSPM SOx NOx

SOURCE MONITORING

THERMAL STACK SPM, SOx & NOx GAS STACK NOx

METHODOLOGY FOR TESTING

SPM

ISOKINETIC METHOD USING HIGH VOLUME SAMPLER PDA METOD

SPECTROMETRICALLY

NOX
SOX

SPM EMMISION STANDARDS FOR THERMAL POWER PLANT

S.NO UNIT CAPACITY OLD
mg/NM3

AFTER 1979
mg/NM3

PROTECTED
mg/NM3

1
2

< 200 MW
200 MW & ABOVE

600

350
150

150
100

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY LIMITS

AREA

CATEGORY

CONC. IN MICRO GRAM/M3 SPM SO2 NOx 120 80 30 120 80 30

CO
5000 2000 1000

A B C

INDUSTRIAL & 500 MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL & 200 RURAL SENSITIVE 100

NOX EMMISSION
400MW& ABOVE------50.0 PPM ON N.G 100.0 PPM ON NAPTHA 100-400MW--------75.0 PPM ON N.G 100.0 PPM ON NAPTHA <100.0 MW---------100.0 PPM ON N.G &NAPTHA

WASTE WATER FROM A THERMAL POWER PLANT

EFFLUENTS WITH HIGH TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS (TDS) BLOW DOWN FROM CONDENSER CW SYSTEM.

NEUTRALISED WASTE FROM DM PLANT & SOFTENING PLANT.

 EFFLUENTS WITH HIGH TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) COAL HANDLING PLANT SERVICE WATER SYSTEM WASTE. SLUDGE FROM PT PLANT BACKWASH WASTE WATER OF GRAVITY FILTER & SOFTENING PLANT.

EFFLUENTS HAVING HIGH OIL CONTENT

OILY WASTE FROM FUEL OIL HANDLING SYSTEM & OTHER OIL HANDLING AREAS.

 EFFLUENTS HAVING HIGH TEMPERATURE BOILER BLOW-DOWN WATER RETURN WATER OF CONDENSER COOLING SYSTEMS IN PLANTS OPERATING ON ONCE THROUGH TYPE CIRCULATING WATER SYSTEM.

PRESENT PRACTICE
TREATMENT FOR HIGH TDS WATER
Various systems designed to operate in a manner that effluents from single systems when mixed together at final disposal point meets the statutory limits. Circulating water & ash water recirculation system are designed to operate with low or moderate COC to keep TDS within limits in final effluent.

 TREATMENT FOR HIGH TSS WATER

Water with high TSS is recycled/reused in other systems e.g. filter backwash waste is recycled back to the clarifier. Where reuse/recycle is not feasible, the treatment facility with setting ponds, tube settler/lamella clarifier, centrifuge/filter press are being provided. Dried sludge cake is used for land-fill and clear water is recycled/reused.

 TREATMENT FOR HIGH OIL CONTENT WATER

Effluent is treated to remove oil using an oil separator to keep the oil content of the effluent below the statutory (10ppm) limit. Clear water is recycled or disposed off from the plant.

 EFFLUENTS HAVING HIGH TEMPERATURE

The major effluent is the return water from the condenser cooling systems in plants operating on once through type circulating water system. In recirculating type system using cooling towers , blow-down from the system is taken from the cold side thereby eliminating the need for reducing the temperature of the effluent prior to discharge.

 BOILER BLOW-DOWN

Negligible quantity

Disposed off after mixing with other effluents or reused in the water pretreatment plant/ash water system as makeup.

ENVIRONMENT LAB

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