Flexible NOx abatement from power plants in the eastern united states

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5607-5615

  Sun, Lin ^a,b   Webster, Mort ^a   McGaughey, Gary ^c   McDonald Buller, Elena C ^c   Thompson, Tammy ^a,c   Prinn, Ronald ^b   Ellerman, A Denny ^d   Allen, David T ^c  

^a Engineering Systems Division   (United States)

^b Department of Earth Atmosphere and Planetary Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; AIR QUALITY FORECASTING; CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM; CONTROL COSTS; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRICAL GRIDS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSIONS CONTROL; EMISSIONS REDUCTION; GENERATING UNIT; HIGH-TO-LOW; OZONE CONCENTRATION; OZONE FORMATION; OZONE MANAGEMENT; OZONE PRECURSORS; POWER PRODUCTION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

AIR QUALITY; COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; EMISSION CONTROL; OZONE;

REDUCTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; POWER PLANT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; NITRATES; NITRITES; OZONE; POLICY; POWER PLANTS; SEASONS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861133869     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204290s     Document Type: Article

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