Cost evaluation of air pollution control standards
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MIT-EL-73-012-04338034.pdf
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Author(s)
Ruane, Michael Frederick
Date Issued
1973
Publisher
MIT Energy Lab
Series/Report no.
MIT-EL
73-012
Abstract
A modAl is developed to describe the sulfur dioxide and
particulate air pollution characteristics of a fossil fueled
steam electric power plant. The model contains three stages.
The first considers boiler emissions and the application of
one of four parameterized abatement methods: wet limestone
scrubbing, catalytic oxidation, magnesium oxide scrubbing,
and the use of tall stacks. The second stage tests stack emissions and uses meteorological dispersion models, particularly
the double gaussian model, to determine and test three hour,
twenty-four hour and annual worst case ground level concentrations. The third stage calculates the performance of the
abatement method used in terms of economics and resource costs.
The model can be used to determine feasible combinations
of plant types, site types and abatement methods as support
for a separate generation expansion model. It can also be
used independently to study environmental and economic sensitivities to changes in air pollution standards.
General descriptions of the operation of the abatement
methods and explanations of meteorological modeling are included. Examples of the use of the model as an evaluative
planning tool and as a sensitivity analysis tool, examining
sulfur dioxide standards, are given. A computer listing of
the model is included.
Description
Prepared in association with Electric Power Systems Engineering Laboratory and Dept. of Civil Engineering
Subjects
Electric power-plants -- Environmental aspects
Air -- Pollution -- Economic aspects
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