U.S. sulfur dioxide emission reductions: Shifting factors and a carbon dioxide penalty
Abstract
For more than 20 years, the large-scale application of flue gas desulfurization technology has been a dominant cause of SO2 emission reductions. From 1994–2004, electricity generation from coal increased, but the shift to low-sulfur coal eclipsed this. From 2004–2014, electricity generation from coal decreased, but a shift to higher-sulfur subbituminous and lignite coal overshadowed this. Here, the shift in coal quality has also created a CO2 emissions penalty, representing 2% of the sector’s total emissions in 2014.
- Authors:
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- Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Building Technologies Research and Integration Center (BTRIC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of International Affairs (IA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1342687
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1415868
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; 4000105765
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Electricity Journal
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1040-6190
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; sulfur dioxide emission reductions; carbon dioxide penalty; decomposition analysis; electricity generation
Citation Formats
Brown, Marilyn Ann, Li, Yufei, Massetti, Emanuele, and Lapsa, Melissa Voss. U.S. sulfur dioxide emission reductions: Shifting factors and a carbon dioxide penalty. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.007.
Brown, Marilyn Ann, Li, Yufei, Massetti, Emanuele, & Lapsa, Melissa Voss. U.S. sulfur dioxide emission reductions: Shifting factors and a carbon dioxide penalty. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.007
Brown, Marilyn Ann, Li, Yufei, Massetti, Emanuele, and Lapsa, Melissa Voss. Wed .
"U.S. sulfur dioxide emission reductions: Shifting factors and a carbon dioxide penalty". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.007. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1342687.
@article{osti_1342687,
title = {U.S. sulfur dioxide emission reductions: Shifting factors and a carbon dioxide penalty},
author = {Brown, Marilyn Ann and Li, Yufei and Massetti, Emanuele and Lapsa, Melissa Voss},
abstractNote = {For more than 20 years, the large-scale application of flue gas desulfurization technology has been a dominant cause of SO2 emission reductions. From 1994–2004, electricity generation from coal increased, but the shift to low-sulfur coal eclipsed this. From 2004–2014, electricity generation from coal decreased, but a shift to higher-sulfur subbituminous and lignite coal overshadowed this. Here, the shift in coal quality has also created a CO2 emissions penalty, representing 2% of the sector’s total emissions in 2014.},
doi = {10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.007},
journal = {Electricity Journal},
number = 1,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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