A bottom-up method to develop pollution abatement cost curves for coal-fired utility boilers

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2255-2261

  Vijay, Samudra ^a,b   DeCarolis, Joseph F ^c   Srivastava, Ravi K ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution control; Marginal abatement cost curves; Nitrogen oxides

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP METHODS; COAL-FIRED UTILITIES; CONTROL CONFIGURATION; CONTROL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; GENERAL METHOD; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMS; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST CURVES; MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS; OPTIMAL DISTRIBUTIONS; POLICY ANALYSTS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; POLLUTION REDUCTION; QUALITY STANDARD; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY COSTS;

AIR QUALITY; COAL; COAL FIRED BOILERS; COAL INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; RETROFITTING;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION POLICY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649190191     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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