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CONTIBUTION OF THE THERMAL POWER PLANTS TO IMPROVEMENT

OF AIR QUALITY IN SLOVENIA

Prepared by:Anton Planinšek, Melanija Lešnjak, Bojan Rode, EPA

Andrej Šušteršič, EIMV

Egon Jurač, TPP Šoštanj

Miloš Vengust, TPP Trbovlje

Meta Vedenik-Novak, TPP Ljubljana

Hilde Fagerli, EMEP MSC-W (DNMI)

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• Population: 2 M

• Area: 20.000 m2

• Complex terrain

• Climate zones:

- mediterranean

- alpine

- continental

TREND OF AIR POLLUTION IN SLOVENIA -BLACK SMOKE AND ACID GASES - ANNUAL AVERAGES FOR 12 CITIES

77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

µg/m3

leto

DIM

SO2

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PROPORTION OF CLEAN FUELS IN TOTAL FUEL CONSUMPTIONINDICATOR No. 270

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

YEARS

CONS

UMPT

ION

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FUEL

S (T

J)

Solid fuels

Other liquid fuels

Compressed natural gas & liquifiedpetrol gas

Fuels -total

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EMISSION LIMIT VALUES FOR EXISTING COMBUSTION DEVICES

Fuels Based on % oxygen in flue gas

Thermal input

(MWth)

Emission limit value

(mg SO2/Nm3)

Emission standards as for new combustion

devices*

SOLID - 7% for coal and fluid bed,

- 11% for wood and peat

1-50 2000 1 July 2002

  - 6% for coal,

- 7% for fluid bed,

- 11% for wood and peat

>50 2000 1 July 2004

LIQUID 3% 5-50 1700 1 July 2002

  >50 For LPG: 1700

For other liquid fuels: 2500

1 July 2004

GASEOUS 3% 10-100 For LPG: 5

For other gases: 35

1 July 2002

  >100 For LPG: 5

For other gases: 35

1 July 2004

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SHARES OF SO2 EMISIONS IN SLOVENIA IN 1999 BY BRANCH

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(1.92%)

(87.50%)

(5.96%) (4.62%)

Combustionin energy

Mobile sourcesCombustionin industry

Non- industrialcombustion

TRENS AND PROJESTIONS OF SO2 EMISSIONS IN SLOVENIA

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Em

issio

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1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2010

YearMobile sources Combustion in energy

Comb. in industry Non-industrial comb.

MOP ARSO

27,000 tonnes SO2Emission Ceiling

TRENS OF SO2 EMISSIONS IN SLOVENIA BY THERMAL POWER PLANTS

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1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Year

TE Šoštanj TE Trbovlje TE-TO LjubljanaOther Sources

LOCATIONS OF THE THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN

SLOVENIA

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LOCATONS OF MONITOR SITES AROUND TPP ŠOŠTANJ

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LOCATONS OF MONITOR SITES AROUND TPP TRBOVLJE

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THE HIGHEST SO2 CONCENTRATIONS AROUND TPP TRBOVLJE DURING EPISODE JAN 16-18 1997

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TEMPERATURE INVERSION DURING EPISODE JAN 16-18

1997

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SUBMISSION BY THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR POLLUTION CONCERNING TEMPORARY NON-

COMPLIANCE WITH THE OBLIGATION FROM THE PROTOCOL

ON FURTHER REDUCTION OF SULPHUR EMISSIONS TO THE 1979

CONVENTION ON LONG-RANGE TRANSBOUNDARY AIR

POLLUTION

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CASE STUDY OF EPISODE DUE TO BREAK UP OF THE TEMPERATURE INVERSION ABOVE LJUBLJANA

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Urne koncentracije SO2

13.10.1996 v Ljubljani

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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180

SOx DEPOSITION (100 t S)

FRANCE

UKRAINE

HUNGARY

GERMANY

CZECH REPUBLIC

CROATIA

POLAND

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SLOVENIA

ITALY

AUSTRIA

REMAINING

OXIDIZED SULPHUR: DEPOSITION IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES DUE TO EMISSION IN SLOVENIA

2001

1996

SOURCE: EMEP MSC-W Eulerian model

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DISTRIBUTION OF OXIDIZED SULPHUR DUE TO EMISSION FROM SLOVENIA FOR 1996 (LEFT) AND

PROJECTION 2001(RIGHT)

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DISTRIBUTION OF OXIDIZED SULPHUR DUE TO EMISSION FROM SLOVENIA FOR 1996 (LEFT) AND

PROJECTION 2001(RIGHT) - ZOOM

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