Bull Run Fossil Plant Emissions
What TVA is doing about emissions at Bull Run
TVA has taken a number of steps to make the efficient generation of power at Bull Run as clean as possible, including:
- A scrubber that began operating in December 2008, which is reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by 95 percent.
- Electrostatic precipitators that capture ash from the burning coal.
- Boiler optimization controls, which burn the coal more thoroughly and efficiently and limit the production of nitrogen oxides.
- A selective catalytic reduction system that further reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by about 90 percent.
Bull Run Fossil Plant Emissions
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Toxics Release Inventory
2015 data
All amounts are in pounds
Chemical | Air | Water | Land | Off-Site Disposal | Total |
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Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol) | 59,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59,000 |
Hydrogen Fluoride | 4,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,800 |
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol) | 120,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120,000 |
Ammonia | 4,701 | 610 | 0 | 0 | 5,311 |
Antimony Compounds | |||||
Arsenic Compounds | |||||
Barium Compounds | 77 | 310 | 110,000 | 104 | 110,491 |
Beryllium Compounds | |||||
Cadmium Compounds | |||||
Chromium Compounds | 51 | 49 | 24,000 | 5 | 24,105 |
Cobalt Compounds | |||||
Copper Compounds | 51 | 2,600 | 26,000 | 0 | 28,651 |
Lead Compounds | 31 | 26 | 16,000 | 5 | 16,062 |
Manganese Compounds | 80 | 1,800 | 42,000 | 0 | 43,880 |
Mercury Compounds | 15 | 0 | 140 | 0 | 155 |
Nickel Compounds | 58 | 430 | 23,000 | 0 | 23,488 |
Selenium Compounds | |||||
Silver Compounds | |||||
Thallium Compounds | |||||
Vanadium Compounds | 53 | 0 | 49,000 | 0 | 49,053 |
Zinc Compounds | 430 | 300 | 48,000 | 0 | 48,730 |
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Naphthalene | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Nitrate Compounds | 0 | 66,000 | 0 | 0 | 66,000 |
Dioxin (grams) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Hydrazine | |||||
Total | 189,357 | 72,125 | 338,142 | 115 | 599,738 |
Gross MWh Generated: | 2,703,333 | ||||
Pounds Released per MWh: | 0.222 |
Gross MWh Generated: | 3,524,800 |
Pounds Released per MWh: | 0.232 |