• DocumentCode
    2342628
  • Title

    The environmental impacts from coal power plant generation

  • Author

    Kihwele, S. ; Kundy, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Univ. of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    3-5 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    738
  • Lastpage
    741
  • Abstract
    This paper looks at environmental effects associated with power generation from coal energy source. The paper also sheds some light on the characteristics of coal power sources and environmental effects generated by coal power generation processes. And lastly corresponding mitigation measures are presented followed by conclusion and recommendation.
  • Keywords
    environmental management; steam power stations; coal energy source; coal power plant generation; environmental impacts; Animals; Furnaces; Humans; Land surface; Power generation; Surface contamination; Turbines; Water heating; Water pollution; Water resources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2008. ICIEA 2008. 3rd IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Singapore
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1717-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1718-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIEA.2008.4582613
  • Filename
    4582613