A UJI thesis increases the knowledge about the impact of thermal power plants on the environment



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## A UJI thesis increases the knowledge about the impact of thermal power plants on the environment The study developed by María Victoria Quereda analyses the effects caused by the Andorra Thermal Power Plant in the areas of El Maestrat and Els Ports

05/08/2016 |
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The thesis *Escenarios atmosféricos de contaminación y lluvia ácida sobre la vertiente mediterránea del Sistema Ibérico* defended at the Universitat Jaume I by María Victoria Quereda enables to increase knowledge on the effects of thermal power plants on the environment from a better understanding of the atmospheric environment. The study has attempted to respond to the controversy in the scientific community about the harmful toxic effects detected in some forest areas of El Maestrat and Els Ports and the emissions of Andorra Thermal Power Plant. To date, the main scientific research on the subject agreed that one of the unresolved key issues is the lack of knowledge about the atmospheric environment. The doctoral thesis developed at the UJI Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry tries to answer this question.

Research on the atmospheric environment has benefited from the extensive database provided by the university meteorological network. This network is made up by fifteen automatic stations among which stand out three stations located between 1,235 and 1,447 meters of altitude. These stations, sustained with the collaboration of Abertis Telecom and ICONA-Forestry Services of the Valencian Regional Government, are placed in orographic vertexes as authentic natural towers. The stations have allowed to develop a continuous radio sounding of the atmospheric layer where the processes of diffusion and dispersion of the emissions from the power plant are taking place. Moreover, for a better identification of the atmospheric scenarios, the methodology has used meteorological satellite images from the UJI Laboratory of Climatology.

The knowledge of the regional atmospheric scenario has allowed to show the validity of the so-called "gaussian" model for the study of the processes of diffusion and concentration of pollutants in the region. From this validation, it has been estimated that the dispersion and concentration of contaminants can reach distances greater than 50 km, a distance far greater than the 15 km established in the initial studies according to which the polluting effects did not reach the areas of ​​El Maestrazgo and Els Ports. Moreover, the modelling posed by the thesis has shown the effectiveness of specific technical desulphurisation processes introduced in the thermal power plant from 2010.

The thesis was defended on 27 July and obtained the qualification of excellent *cum laude.* Its ultimate goal is to favour the development of energy management and production models that are highly efficient and environmentally friendly.

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