Estimating performance and costs of retrofit SO/sub 2/ and NOx controls for acid-rain abatement. Report for November 1985-January 1988

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6741567

Jones, J W

This paper gives results from an ongoing National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program (NAPAP) to significantly improve engineering cost estimates currently being used to evaluate the economic effects of applying SO/sub 2/ and NOx controls to existing coal-fired utility boilers. Initially, procedures were developed to: select plants with boilers representative of the population, conduct plant visits and collect site-specific data, develop boiler/control-specific retrofit difficulty factors, and develop boiler/plant-specific cost and performance estimates for the SO/sub 2/ and NOx controls selected for evaluation. Eleven commercial and developmental SO/sub 2/ and NOx control technologies were selected for inclusion in the program. Of 30 top 200 plants selected for detailed study, 12 have been visited. Based on results from these 12 plants, simplified procedures have been developed and used to evaluate about 50 of the remaining top 200 plants.

• Research Organization: Radian Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6741567
• Report Number(s): PB-88-237912/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BOILERS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL PREPARATION
DESULFURIZATION
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EQUIPMENT
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
NAPAP
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER PLANTS
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTES