Development of the integrated environmental control model: Performance and cost models for electrostatic precipitators. Quarterly progress report
The purpose of this contract is to develop and refine the integrated environmental control model (IECM). In its current configuration, the IECM provides a capability to model various conventional and advanced processes for controlling air pollutant emissions from coal-fired power plants before, during, or after combustion. The principal purpose of the model is to calculate the performance, emissions, and cost of power plant configurations employing alternative environmental control methods. In this report the authors describe the development of analytical models for the performance and costs of high-performance particulate control technologies, focusing on electrostatic precipitators. They pay special attention to developing models which can be used to estimate costs for systems whose performance is up to a factor of three below the present NSPS standards of 0.03 lb/MMBtu. Typically, the cost models relate the capital costs and the operating and maintenance (O and M) costs to process parameters and the costs of labor and materials. The capital cost models are anchored to a base capital cost for a specific size unit and adjusted according to the actual or design parameters. The performance modes are constructed to estimate the process parameters for a desired level of emissions control. The primary motivation for these models is to estimate the costs of complying with environmental standards on a basis reflects recent advances in control technology. Finally, the authors incorporate the uncertainties in various process parameters and inputs costs so as to allow a more rational and robust basis for comparing different technologies. In the following sections the authors discuss the development of the performance and cost models for electrostatic precipitators followed by a numerical example which illustrates the use of these new models.
- Research Organization:
- Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Center for Energy and Environmental Studies
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC22-92PC91346
- OSTI ID:
- 10192337
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/PC/91346-7; ON: DE95001968; BR: AA0505000; TRN: AHC29428%%5
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 28 Jul 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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