In the past, Industrial chimneys were considered symbols of
Korea's economic growth, but recently became a major factor in
air pollution and fine dust in the environment.
In particular, as more and more high-rise residential dry m
rings are developed ...
In the past, Industrial chimneys were considered symbols of
Korea's economic growth, but recently became a major factor in
air pollution and fine dust in the environment.
In particular, as more and more high-rise residential dry m
rings are developed near industrial complexes, the existing risk
assessment due to horizontal exposure at a height of 2m above
the ground is insufficient to evaluate the stability of the
vertically expanded living environment. Therefore, this study was
conducted to analyze the three-dimensional diffusion behavior of
chimney exhaust gas in B thermal power plants, conduct an
integrated toxicity risk assessment that encompasses the surface
and the sky, and derive the best chimney design criterion.
In this study, by combining measured data and numerical
analysis, the three experiments were set up organically and
modeled step by step. First, the emission scenarios of sulfur
oxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NO2) were compared and
analyzed using Gaussian and heavy gas models by using
ALOHA, a commercial diffusion model. As a result of the
analysis, it was confirmed that the existing Gaussian plane
analysis poses a risk of underestimating the surface risk as the
high-temperature and high-boiling gas does not sufficiently
reflect the gravitational sedimentation characteristics seen in the
initial stage of emission. The vertical concentration matrix model
introduced to compensate for this was introduced to
three-dimensionally visualize the toxicity distribution by elevation
according to the windfall distance, thereby discriminating vertical
risk zones and visualizing the behavioral form of toxic heavy
gas. As a result, it was found that the toxicity distribution in the
2m living area on the ground had no effect on the Gaussian
analysis, and it was found that it was excessive in the heavy
gas analysis.
Second, the PyroSim program was used to three-dimensionally
show the behavioral shape of the plume on the vertical
cross-section of the previous vertical matrix analysis. The
dispersion of the plume according to the formation height (100m,
250m, 350m, 500m) of the air safety layer was simulated. As a
result, it was observed that the stable layer formed on the upper
part of the chimney at a height of 150m suppressed the rising
buoyancy of harmful gases, thereby trapping pollutants in the
stable layer. In particular, the phenomenon that these gas clouds
combine with atmospheric turbulence and descend on the distant
surface or upper part of urban structures can be visually
expressed, suggesting that weather conditions are a major factor
in determining the three-dimensional diffusion path of pollutants.
Third, the chimney height was divided into 7 stages from 5m
to 150m, and multiple altitude detectors from 2m above the
ground to 250m above the ground were set to record the change
in concentration according to diffusion. As a result, it was found
that the height of the chimney that disappeared from the index
was 120m. In addition, by verifying by nonlinear regression
analysis, the coefficient of determination (R2) of the chimney
height-concentration control was lowered in the 250m detector,
indicating that the concentration was not related to the height of
the chimney. This indicates that when the chimney height
reaches 250m, the effect on the concentration in the vertical
space is not significant.
Summarizing the research results, it can be seen that the
Gaussian analysis or the heavy gas analysis of the ALOHA
program is not suitable for the review of the risk of high
chimney emissions, and the vertical matrix technique should be
used, and the stable layer of the atmosphere acts differently on
the surface toxicity of the chimney exhaust gas depending on its
location. In addition, securing a certain level of chimney height is
a good way to prevent exposure to surface toxicity, and
fundamental efforts to reduce emissions from sources are also
very necessary. The results of this study will be used as basic
data for the behavior of chimney exhaust gases and the new risk
assessment centered on the horizontal and vertical living areas.