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http://hdl.handle.net/11718/20933| Title: | How can Indian power plants cost-effectively meet the new sulfur emission standards? policy evaluation using marginal abatement cost-curves |
| Authors: | Sugathan, Anish Bhangale, Ritesh Kansal, Vishal Hulke, Unmil |
| Keywords: | Power-plant emission standards;SO 2 control technologie;SO 2 inventory |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2018 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. |
| Abstract: | Thefirst-everSO2emissionconcentrationstandardsforIndiancoal-powerplantswerenotifiedonDecember7,2015.Inlightofthenewstringentstandards,thispaperconductsatechno-economicpolicyevaluationofSO2abatementoptionsbybuildingasystem-widemarginalabatementcostcurve(MACC)forIndia.Anabatementcostmodelisdeveloped,toestimateretrofitcostsforthreeend-of-process(EOP)SO2abatementtechnologies.Asystem-wideSO2MACCisderivedbasedoncostoptimalallocationofEOPabatementtechnologytoeachboiler.Compliancewiththenewstricteremissionstandardsisevaluatedat75%pollutionreduction(≈4600kt-SO2reductionsperyear).CompliancewiththenewstandardcorrespondstoamarginalabatementcostofINR23,500pertonofSO2(≈USD368.50pertonofSO2)andtotalsystem-wideabatementcostofINR75billion(≈USD1.2billion)peryear.Reductioninpollutionisestimatedtosave46,000livesperyearatthecostofaboutINR1.63millionperlifeperyear.SensitivityanalysisoftheMACcurveshowsthatplantcapacityutilizationhasthemostsignificantimpactontotallifetimecompliancecostsfollowedbyequipmentfixedcost,sorbentcost,andwatercostinthatorder. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11718/20933 |
| Appears in Collections: | Journal Articles |
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