Acid rain: control strategies for coal-fired utility boilers. Volume I
This report presents a detailed evaluation of the cost and effectiveness of conventional controls for emissions of sulfur oxides (SO/sub x/) and nitrogen oxides (NO/sub x/) from coal-fired utility boilers. The cost and control efficiency data are based on analyses of the 50 US utility plants emitting these pollutants in the greatest quantities in 1979 (the 50 highest emitters for each pollutant, with some overlap of plants emitting large amounts of both). These plant-specific data can be used to verify other cost-effectiveness models, such as those from ICF and Teknekron, that were developed on a generic basis. The methodology and results of this evaluation have been used for review of assumptions and cost estimates prepared by the US EPA for participation in the National Acid Rain Assessment Plan (NARAP) and the US Canadian Transboundary Group. The study is based on the premise that coal-fired utility power plants in the midwestern United States are the major contributors to the acid rain problem in the Northeast. This premise and other important factors in the acid rain problem are addressed in a companion report assessing the overall acid rain issue. The assessment concludes that reducing SO/sub x/ and NO/sub x/ emissions from midwestern coal-fired power plants may not significantly reduce the acidity of rain, even at the cost of billions of dollars for controls. In fact, local sources of SO/sub x/ and NO/sub x/, chiefly oil-fired boilers and automobiles in the Northeast, may contribute more significantly to the acid rain occurring there than previously realized. In view of the current uncertainty about the relative importance of various possible contributors to the acid rain problem, the utility evaluation reported here, which is detailed and plant-specific, should prove valuable in further investigations.
- Research Organization:
- PEDCo-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-81MC16361
- OSTI ID:
- 6786799
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/METC-82-42-Vol.1; ON: DE83006695
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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