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2. Emission standards. Azizul Othman, operations manager at the 2,100-MW coalfired
Stesen Janakuasa Sultan Azlan Shah power plant in Malaysia, said the plant achieves
World Bank emission standards by using flue gas desulfurization and electrostatic precipitators.
Source: David Wagman
Not surprisingly, the unit runs best at baseload,
and Appandi said any request to reduce
the plant's output could negatively impact
its overall efficiency. A second challenge involves
preparing contingency plans should
the unit trip offline.
Mercury Strategies
Mercury emissions also were a topic of discussion
during the two-day conference. The
Minamata Convention on Mercury, named
after a Japanese city where industrial emissions
of mercury caused a poisoning disease
that affected thousands of people, was signed
by multiple nations in early October. It aims
to prevent health damage and environmental
pollution. The convention was adopted at an
international conference organized by the
United Nations (UN) Environment Program
and drew delegates from 140 nations.
The pact will take effect 90 days after it is
Btu/kWh to 8,300 Btu/kWh. The 80-metertall
two-pass boiler will be equipped with
a pulverizer and dynamic classifier. Fabric
filters will be installed to handle particulate
control instead of electrostatic precipitators.
Appandi said the unit's personnel are currently
in training using both simulators and
on-site training at an overseas power plant.
As required by the project lender, TNB has
also hired a technical service advisor to assist
with power plant operations for its first two
years of service.
Coordinating with Malaysia's national
load dispatch center is likely to be complex,
he said, since this will be the first time that 1
GW of capacity will come from a single unit.
ratified by at least 50 nations and maps out
measures to curb health and environmental
damage caused by mercury. Lesley Sloss,
principal environmental consultant for the
International Energy Agency's Clean Coal
Center, told ASBCUG attendees that the
UN Environmental Program had named
mercury as the greatest danger globally,
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