TITLE:
Consideration of Environmental Effect of Power Generation: Bangladesh Perspective
AUTHORS:
Iftekhar Zaman Arnab, Tausif Ali, M. Shidujaman, Md. Mayen Hossain
KEYWORDS:
Environment; Pollution; Power Generation; Air pollution; Water Pollution; Thermal Pollution; Acid Rain; Renewable Energy; Nuclear Power Plant
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.5 No.4B,
November
21,
2013
ABSTRACT: Nowadays for power generation, environment is a major
consideration. The heart of power generation is power station. At
present there are almost above 40(Both Government & Rental) power station
in Bangladesh.
Among these 80% of power station is gas based. Rest of the 20% is coal, liquid
and furnace oil based. Bangladesh has only one Hydraulic power station. These
gas and coal based power stations are giving adverse effect in Bangladesh. The
main emissions from coal combustion at thermal power plants are carbon dioxide
(CO), nitrogen oxides (NO), sulfur oxides (SO), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), and
air- borne inorganic particles such as fly ash, soot, and other trace gas
species. Carbon dioxide, methane, and chlorofluorocarbons are greenhouse gases.
These emissions are considered to be responsible for heating up the atmosphere,
producing a harmful global environment. It is known to all that hydro power
station is a clean source of energy, but it has also some ecological and
environmental effect. Dhaka is one of the top
polluted city in the world. So for power generation if the environmental effect
is not considered then Bangladesh will be in great trouble. The purpose of this
paper is to discuss the present and future possible environmental effect of
power generation in Bangladesh.