sit7?2020 ccHIMNeYs, = English About Baie M_to-2 Guide to Thermodynamics, Heat & Mass Transfer, and Fluids Engineering JOM SEMANTIC MAP A-Z INDEX VISUAL GALLERY AUTHO: ~ AB oc p © F GH T J K Lo M NO CHIMNEYS Cooper, John DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.c.chimneys Environmental Considerations The potential for damage from flue gas emissions can be avoided by dispersion and dilution from a Pollutants emitted from a chimney must first clear the area of turbulent air created by the wind « top and any turbulent areas caused by the wind over adjacent structures. The function of the chimney is to discharge flue gases to the atmosphere at such a height an concentration of pollutants, such as sulfur dioxide, is kept within acceptable limits at ground level. After leaving the top of the chimney, the gases are carried higher by their own buoyancy compared air and the momentum of the flue gases emitted. For large power station plants, flue gas is typically at about 120°C for a coal-fired plant and applications, and contains appreciable quantities of $02 for oil and SO and HCI for coal. Alt temperatures are set to avoid dew point acid condensation within the duct work, downwash with loss from the stack cause acid deposition within the flues themselves. Determi ion of Chimney Heights For a new plant, chimney heights are determined from a mathematical model calculating ground le pertinent contaminants, usually SO) or NO,. The function of the chimney is to reduce the res: concentration of each constituent of the emission so that it is below the threshold which gives rise t. nuisance. ~ ‘thermopedia convcontent30) wn