Atmospheric emissions and pollution from the coal-fired thermal power plants in India

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 449-460

  Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a,b   Jawahar, Puja ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c Urban Emissions   (India)

Author keywords

CAMx; Environmental regulations; Flue gas desulfurization; Health impacts; Particulates; Sulfates

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; DESULFURIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLUE GASES; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; HEALTH; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CAMX; FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION; HEALTH IMPACT; PARTICULATES; SULFATES;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN OXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDIA; MORBIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84899981576     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.04.057     Document Type: Article

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