Should a coal-fired power plant be replaced or retrofitted?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7980-7986

  Patiño Echeverri, Dalia ^a   Morel, Benoit ^a   Apt, Jay ^a   Chen, Chao ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CARBON; RETROFITTING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CARBON CAPTURE; RETROFIT EMISSIONS;

POWER PLANTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; MERCURY; NITRIC OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CARBON; POWER PLANTS; RETROFITTING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; GEOMETRY; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FIELD EMISSION; GEOMETRY; INVESTMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 36849094472     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0711009     Document Type: Article

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