Air pollution retrofit study: emission control for oil-fired power plants in the South Coast Air Basin

Book · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5761609

Crommie, M F

The South Coast Air Basin includes all of Orange County and portions of Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside Counties. The California Energy Commission is mandated by the Warren-Alquist Act to maintain adequate and reliable supplies of electricity, and to protect environmental quality standards. The potential costs of complying with newly evolving regulatory constraints on electric power plant operation are examined. The capital and operating costs that may be incurred in retrofitting existing oil-fired power plants in the South Coast Air Basin to control emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NO/sub x/) and oxides of sulfur (SO/sub x/) are examined. In addition, state-of-the art NO/sub x/ and SO/sub x/ emission control systems are evaluated. In particular, questions of technical feasibility, commercial demonstration, and reliability of performance are addressed. This assessment also includes quantitative estimates of construction lead time, construction down time requirements for application to utility systems and energy penalties associated with the process of retrofitting and the operation of the retrofitted power plants. This study is divided into three major areas: regulatory requirements; technology and economic analyses; and power plant specific data. The test of the most pertinent regulations and technical descriptions of applicable control systems are included in the appendices. (JGB)

• OSTI ID: 5761609
• Report Number(s): NP-24131
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AMENDMENTS
CALIFORNIA
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
DATA COMPILATION
DATA FORMS
DENITRIFICATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EQUIPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
FLUE GAS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUEL OILS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
INFORMATION
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NORTH AMERICA
NUMERICAL DATA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
POWER PLANTS
REGULATIONS
RETROFITTING
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
TABLES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
USA
WASTES
WESTERN REGION