A coal-fired power plant with effective stack height of 100 m emits 1.2 g/s of SO2 per megawatt of power delivered. If winds are assumed to be 4 m/s at that height, how big could the plant be (MW) without having the ground level SO2 exceeds 365 μg/m3 at 2 km downwind?

A coal-fired power plant with effective stack height of 100 m emits 1.2 g/s of SO2 per megawatt of power delivered. If winds are assumed to be 4 m/s at that height, how big could the plant be (MW) without having the ground level SO2 exceeds 365 μg/m3 at 2 km downwind?

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