ECOLOGY

Original Paper

UDC 621.182.001.33 (072):662.6© P.V. Roslyakov, D.O. Skobelev, M.V. Dobrokhotova, T.V. Guseva, 2023

ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2023, № 9, pp. 84-89

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2023-9-84-89

Title

ASSESSING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FOR COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF CARBON REGULATION DEVELOPMENT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Authors

Roslyakov P.V.1, Skobelev D.O.2, Dobrokhotova M.V.2, Guseva T.V.2

1National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute” (MPEI), Moscow, 111250, Russian Federation

2Federal State Autonomous Institution “Research Institute “Environmental Industrial Policy Center” (EIPC), 141006, Mytishchi, Russian Federation

Authors Information

Roslyakov P.V.,Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department for Modelling and Project Design of Energy Generation Units, e-mail: RoslyakovPV@mpei.ru

Skobelev D.O., Doctor of Economic Sciences, Director, e-mail: training@eipc.center

Dobrokhotova M.V., Deputy Director, e-mail: M.Dobrokhotova@eipc.center

Guseva T.V., Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director (Research), e-mail: Tatiana.V.Guseva@gmail.com

Abstract

Heat and power industry is one of the key contributors to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Total emissions from fuel combustion for energy generation in the Russian Federation amounted to 819 million tons of CO2-eq in 2020. Emission reducing solutions applied by the heat and power sector include the transition from coal to natural gas as main fuel for combustion, the introduction of combined cycle plants, increasing the efficiency factor for electricity generated at condensing power plants (CPPs) by installing new equipment with increased steam parameters. It is emphasized that to reduce indirect greenhouse gas emissions in the real sector of economy, first – in metallurgy and chemical industry, it is important to decrease direct emissions in electric and thermal energy generation sector. It is pointed out that carbon regulation development requires the identification of priority areas for limiting emissions and setting sectoral indicative parameters. It should be noted that Russian approach to the substantiation of indicative parameters has the form of the industry benchmarking procedure performed during the process of updating Reference Documents (BREF) on Best Available Techniques (BAT). The paper determines mass and specific CO2 emissions for coal-fired thermal power plants (TPPs). Obtained data can be used for reviewing BREF 38-2022 “Fossil Fuel Combustion for Production of Energy by Large Plants”, as well as for thermal power plant carbon reporting. The authors identified thermal coal types with the highest CO2 emissions and assessed the potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after introduction of combined-cycle plants and steam turbine plants for supercritical steam parameters.

Keywords

Energy generation, Coal-fired thermal power plants, carbon regulation, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, mass and specific air emissions, indicative air emission parameters.

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For citation

Roslyakov P.V., Skobelev D.O., Dobrokhotova M.V. & Guseva T.V. Assessing greenhouse gas emissions for coal-fired power plants in the context of carbon regulation development in the Russian Federation.Ugol’, 2023, (9), pp. 84-89. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2023-9-84-89.

Paper info

Received August 4, 2023

Reviewed August 14, 2023

Accepted August 25, 2023