Krakow clean fossil fuels and energy efficiency project

Conference · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:150904

Butcher, T A; Pierce, B L

The Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 directed the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to undertake an equipment assessment project aimed at developing the capability within Poland to manufacture or modify industrial-scale combustion equipment to utilize fossil fuels cleanly. This project is being implemented in the city of Krakow as the {open_quotes}Krakow Clean Fossil Fuels and Energy Efficiency Project.{close_quotes} Funding is provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID). The project is being conducted in a manner that can be generalized to all of Poland and to the rest of Eastern Europe. The historic city of Krakow has a population of 750,000. Almost half of the heating energy used in Krakow is supplied by low-efficiency boilerhouses and home coal stoves. Within the town, there are more than 1,300 local boilerhouses and 100, 000 home stoves. These are collectively referred to as the {open_quotes}low emission sources{close_quotes} and they are the primary sources of particulates and hydrocarbon emissions in the city and major contributors of sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 150904
• Report Number(s): BNL--61991; CONF-9507159--1; ON: DE96002741
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR POLLUTION
BOILER FUELS
CARBON MONOXIDE
COAL
COMBUSTION
DISTRICT HEATING
EMISSION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
GREENHOUSE GASES
HEATING SYSTEMS
HOUSES
NITROGEN OXIDES
PARTICULATES
POLAND
SULFUR DIOXIDE