International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 03 Issue: 06 | June-2016 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2016, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 4.45 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 527 GHG ASSESSMENT TOWARDS CLIMATE POLLUTION CONTROL IN THERMAL POWER PLANTS A CASE STUDY Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited Neyveli, INDIA. Mr N. Sivaraman* Dr. V.Damodharan** Dr. V. Nehru Kumar*** *Student Department of Civil Engineering Annamalai University ** Assistant Professor, Department of civil engineering, Annamalai University *** Professor and Director for Environmental, Health and safety. Department Annamalai University ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Coal based thermal power plants are the major sources in India to meet the ever increasing demand for power and as such there is a need to address the issue of controlling climate pollution by mitigating Green House Gases (GHG) from their emission stack. Technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) are widely considered to be a possible technical option to mitigate carbon dioxide from such large-point source. However, the economics of CCS is a major barrier and constrain. This thesis intended to evaluate the feasibility of the carbon credits which can be generated to refinance the costlier schemes of climate pollution control in Thermal Power Plants, through a case study. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC) is a major coal based thermal power plant having three complexes with 18 numbers of units with a net power generation capacity of 2490 MW. 2014-2015 Power Generation (MU) 19729.13 Annual data as well as the concentration of GHGs, primary, CO2 with Methane (CH4) and Nitrous Oxide (N2O). India can develop Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project under Kyoto protocol (KP). Any attempt by NLC to Dzcap and tapdz the emission will enable to develop a CDM project which will eventually generate Certified Emission Reduction (CER). NLC can process the CER under United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for Carbon Credits and whose selling revenue will eventually offset significantly the required revenue for implementing CCS toward climate pollution control. Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) Methodology tool Inventory Software , version 2.17 was used evaluate GHG and it was assessed that net CER of 7195,201 tonne CO2 equivalent is possible and this additional revenue will strategically allow NLC to venture upon technologies like CCS for preventing climate pollution. Keywords: (Climate Pollution, GHG, CCS, NLC, CDM, KP, UNFCCC, Carbon Credits) 1. INTRODUCTION Climate Change is the most significant environmental challenges of our time with global dimension. The changes and variability in the global climate change are visible with unprecedented rains, sea level raise, drought, etc., that are continuously daunting the live ability of vulnerable areas of the planet itself. The rain of November, 2015 which devastated Chennai is one credible example of proof to this concern at national level. Global initiatives are progressing under the aegis of United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to control Green House Gases (GHG) emissions to prevent further increase in the global atmospheric temperature. The recently concluded COP-21 at Paris concluded with a pact that every nation shall have its own initiatives to cap and cut such GHG emissions to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2°C above pre industrial levels by reducing emission to 40 Giga tones or to 1.5°C above pre industrial levels, for which IPCC is mandated to suggest a methodology by 2018 Coal based Thermal Power plant emissions are the biggest among all anthropogenic industrial sources of GHG, primarily CO2 .In India, around 65% of electricity is generated by coal based thermal power plants. Coal based power plant are the main producer of flue gas with pollutants of SPM, CO2, SO2, NOX, etc. Quantity of these emissions is dependent on quality and quality of copal .CO2 is main GHG with more responsibility for global warming due to larger emission and higher concentration .Nearly 21.3% of GHGs are emitted by coal based thermal power plants. Technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) are widely considered to be a possible technical option to mitigate carbon dioxide from large-point sources. National and international political decision-makers devote a growing amount of capacities and financial resources to CCS in order develop and demonstrate the technology and to diminish possible economic and environmental risks. However, the economics of CCS is a major barrier constrain for its application. This thesis indented to evaluate the feasibility of