Appliance and vehicular electrification; An air quality benefit or bane

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:6264105

Gerst, P R ^[1]

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1. Enercology Associates, Ltd., Balboa Island, CA (US)

South Coast Air Quality Management District is charged with providing clean air for the four counties in the Los Angeles Basin. These counties represent the most difficult climatic area in the country from the standpoint of their pollution control. A study was undertaken to determine the levels of NO{sub x} emission from central station utility boilers located in the four-county Basin on a seasonal basis and a diurnal basis. The emission determinations from the utility boilers were available from monitored test data and empirical data derived from a series of tests during the various operating periods. The results of the study indicated that emissions from gas-fueled hot water heaters, small industrial gas-fired boilers, and gasoline-fueled automobiles would compare favorably to the emissions from central station utilities in the Basin were those applications electrified. The information in this paper is extracted from two studies.

• OSTI ID: 6264105
• Report Number(s): CONF-9104106-; CODEN: PAPWA
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Vol. 53; Conference: 53. annual American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 29 Apr - 1 May 1991; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MOBILE POLLUTANT SOURCES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
EMISSION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
STATIONARY POLLUTANT SOURCES
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
LOS ANGELES
NITROGEN OXIDES
URBAN AREAS
CALIFORNIA
CHALCOGENIDES
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
FEDERAL REGION IX
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NORTH AMERICA
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION SOURCES
PUBLIC UTILITIES
USA
540120* - Environment
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