Influence of nuclear power unit on decreasing emissions of greenhouse gases

Archives of Thermodynamics

Zygmunt Kolenda AGH – University of Science and Technology, Department of Fundamental Research in Energy Engineering, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, PolandOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar¹  Wojciech StanekCorresponding author Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandEmailOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar²  Jan Szargut Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar²  Lucyna Czarnowska Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, PolandOther articles by this author:De Gruyter OnlineGoogle Scholar² 

[1] AGH – University of Science and Technology, Department of Fundamental Research in Energy Engineering, Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland;Silesian University of Technology, Institute of Thermal Technology, Konarskiego 22, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

关键词: Keywords: Power plants;    Energy policy;    Global warming;    Greenhouse gasses;    Nuclear power;   

DOI  :  10.1515/aoter-2015-0004

学科分类：能源（综合）

来源: Polska Akademia Nauk * Oddzial w Gdansku, Instytut Maszyn Przeplywowych / Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery

【 摘 要 】

The paper presents a comparison of selected power technologies from the point of view of emissions of greenhouse gases. Such evaluation is most often based only on analysis of direct emissions from combustion. However, the direct analysis does not show full picture of the problem as significant emissions of GHG appear also in the process of mining and transportation of fuel. It is demonstrated in the paper that comparison of power technologies from the GHG point of view has to be done using the cumulative calculus covering the whole cycle of fuel mining, processing, transportation and end-use. From this point of view coal technologies are in comparable level as gas technologies while nuclear power units are characterised with lowest GHG emissions. Mentioned technologies are compared from the point of view of GHG emissions in full cycle. Specific GHG cumulative emission factors per unit of generated electricity are determined. These factors have been applied to simulation of the influence of introduction of nuclear power units on decrease of GHG emissions in domestic scale. Within the presented simulations the prognosis of domestic power sector development according to the Polish energy policy till 2030 has been taken into account. The profitability of introduction of nuclear power units from the point of view of decreasing GHG emissions has been proved.

【 授权许可】

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