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Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant

Natural minerals may contain radionuclides of natural origin of Uranium-238 (238U) and Thorium-232 (232Th) decay series. Similarly, coal like any other minerals found in nature contains trace amount of such naturally occurring radionuclides including Potassium-40 (40K). The generation of electricity...

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Main Authors: Jalil, Suhana, Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid
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Published: 2015
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60618/
http://www.ump.edu.my/en/event/international-conference-fluids-chemical-engineering-fluidsche-2015
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spelling my.utm.606182017-08-13T08:10:33Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60618/ Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant Jalil, Suhana Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Natural minerals may contain radionuclides of natural origin of Uranium-238 (238U) and Thorium-232 (232Th) decay series. Similarly, coal like any other minerals found in nature contains trace amount of such naturally occurring radionuclides including Potassium-40 (40K). The generation of electricity by coal fired power plant (CFPP) releases particulates emission to the atmosphere and deposited on the surrounding area that may increase the natural background radiation level within the facility. This paper presents an evaluation of the natural radioactivity concentration found in the particulates emission from a typical CFPP in Malaysia. Standard Gaussian dispersion model approach was used to predict the potential radiological hazards arising from the particulates released from the stack. The predicted maximum ground level particulate (Cmax) concentration and downwind distance (X) was 52 µg m–3 and 1,600 m of away from the CFPP, respectively. The air dispersion modelling results recorded that the calculated Cmax released from the CFPP was found lower than the national and international ambient air quality limits, which means that radiological hazards due to inhalation of natural radionuclides in particulate released to the environment is insignificant. The findings revealed that, this activity does not impose any significant radiological risk to the human population at large and the operation is in compliance with the national legislation and international practice. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Jalil, Suhana and Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid (2015) Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant. In: International Conference on Fluids and Chemical Engineering., 25-27 Nov, 2015, Langkawi, Malaysia. http://www.ump.edu.my/en/event/international-conference-fluids-chemical-engineering-fluidsche-2015
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topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Jalil, Suhana
Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid
Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
description Natural minerals may contain radionuclides of natural origin of Uranium-238 (238U) and Thorium-232 (232Th) decay series. Similarly, coal like any other minerals found in nature contains trace amount of such naturally occurring radionuclides including Potassium-40 (40K). The generation of electricity by coal fired power plant (CFPP) releases particulates emission to the atmosphere and deposited on the surrounding area that may increase the natural background radiation level within the facility. This paper presents an evaluation of the natural radioactivity concentration found in the particulates emission from a typical CFPP in Malaysia. Standard Gaussian dispersion model approach was used to predict the potential radiological hazards arising from the particulates released from the stack. The predicted maximum ground level particulate (Cmax) concentration and downwind distance (X) was 52 µg m–3 and 1,600 m of away from the CFPP, respectively. The air dispersion modelling results recorded that the calculated Cmax released from the CFPP was found lower than the national and international ambient air quality limits, which means that radiological hazards due to inhalation of natural radionuclides in particulate released to the environment is insignificant. The findings revealed that, this activity does not impose any significant radiological risk to the human population at large and the operation is in compliance with the national legislation and international practice.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Jalil, Suhana
Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid
author_facet Jalil, Suhana
Mohd. Yusof, Mohd. Rashid
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title Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
title_short Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
title_full Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
title_fullStr Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
title_sort evaluation of radiological hazards of particulates emissions from a coal fired power plant
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/60618/
http://www.ump.edu.my/en/event/international-conference-fluids-chemical-engineering-fluidsche-2015
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