Use of waste heat od thermal plants in carbon footprint reduction by heating in cities

Most of the electrical energy in the world is provided by burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas from thermal power plants. However, with the burning of fossil fuels to generate electricity, CO2 emission, which is the most important of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming, is released. For this reason, increasing incentives to reduce fossil fuel use with solutions such as energy efficiency, cogeneration and renewable energy investments will be an important step in reducing carbon emissions. Investigation of the recovery potential of the heat released to the atmosphere from the cooling towers to the atmosphere with the aim of condensing the water vapor at the turbine exit of the thermal power plants through "regional heating" and developing the application areas play an important role. In this study, it is aimed to reduce the carbon emission arising from the heating by assuming that natural gas and coal consumption used for heating in the residences will disappear as a result of meeting the heating needs of the residences with the district heating system of the waste heat of the thermal power plants. Urban heat island formation will be reduced. Therefore, the extent to which carbon emissions will be reduced by eliminating fuel consumption in the houses heated by the district heating system, the installation cost of the district heating system and the process of the district heating system to be built using the waste heat of a thermal power plant are discussed.