Flue Gas Desulphurisation in Coal-Fired Power Plants in Poland is very important.

What is it about?

The main objective of the paper is to present process of the implementation of FGD in Poland along with potential and real limestone sorbents consumption and FGD gypsum production in the Polish coal-fired power plants. It also presents the current and potential limestone resource base for production of limestone sorbents applied in FGD. Electric energy mix in Poland is expected to be changed radically in the coming 30 years. In order to track the changes of domestic demand for these sorbents, its major users have been surveyed. This was coupled with analyses of relevant data from the Statistics Poland (GUS) and other available sources. The results showed that the coal-fired power plants became the biggest customer of limestone flour utilized as a sorbent in the wet flue gas desulfurization method (FGD) in Poland. As a result, the SO2 capture in the power industry in Poland has increased to almost 90%. The paper also analyses the potential of the limestone flour production from available limestone rock deposits in respect to the current and future needs of the domestic market, especially in the light of changing environmental requirements, connected to the climate policy in European Union, as well as forecasts future demand of the Polish power industry for such sorbents.

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Why is it important?

The synthetic gypsum obtained in process of flue-gases dusulphurisation in Polish power plants is a good raw material, suitable in construction industry, as well as in agriculture. This is a key factor in sustainable development of Polish natural gypsum resources management. Moreover, the limestone sorbents industry plays important role in limestone products management in Poland.