where EBi = ith environmental burden, WN = weight of
substance N emitted, including accidental and unintentional
emissions, PFi,N = potency factor of substance N
for ith EB, ThI,Nr = threshold value for the reference substance
Nr of the impact category I.
Data from the HC combustion process are showed in
Table 2. The average desulfuration rate in data is 14%
and for denitrification the value is 8%. Atmospheric
Acidification is the impact category with the highest
value of the index. The main contributors to this value
are sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. In the third
place appear carbon dioxide as the main contributor to
global warming. The desulfuration removal efficiency
should increase until 85% and the rate of denitrification