AN INTEGRATED MODELING APPROACH FOR ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF A NATURAL GAS-FIRED POWER-PLANT ON SOIL ACIDIFICATION

KILIC B., KAYIN S., MUKHALLALATI L., SOYUPAK S., ONDER K., YURTERI C.

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN, vol.3, no.11, pp.697-704, 1994 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 1994
  • Journal Name: FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Aqualine, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), CAB Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts Core, Communication Abstracts, Environment Index, Geobase, Greenfile, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Page Numbers: pp.697-704
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Environmental impacts of a proposed natural gas-fired power plant was assessed by coupling an atmospheric deposition model with a soil acidification model. Long-term and short-term impacts of atmospheric dispersion and deposition of pollutants, especially NO(x), on the quality of air were estimated within the local scale using a short term dispersion model. The long-term soil response to acid deposition was simulated by a model which predicts the number of years required to reach critical soil pH values.