The role of the U.S. Clean Coal Technology Program in implementing the objectives of the joint Canada-U.S. acid rain mitigation initiative

Conference · Wed Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:353548

Baldwin, A L; Smith, D N ^[1]; Mann, A W; McIlvried, H G; Russell, Sr, D L ^[2]

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1. Dept. of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Federal Energy Technology Center
2. Burns and Roe Services Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

The Clean Coal Technology (CCT) Program was initiated by the US Department of Energy (DOE) in part as a response to the 1986 Joint Report of the US and Canadian Special Envoys on Acid Rain, with a particular focus on coal-burning electric power plants. The fist three solicitations of the CCT Program were aimed primarily at mitigating the potential impacts of acid rain. Subsequently, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 established emission reduction targets for SO{sub 2} and No{sub x}, which influenced the goals of the last two CCT Program. This paper provides an overview of the CCT Program and reports the significant results, with emphasis on emissions reduction as well as their impact on ozone formation.

• OSTI ID: 353548
• Report Number(s): CONF-970677--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
CANADA
COAL
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
NITROGEN OXIDES
SULFUR DIOXIDE
USA