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How can Indian power plants cost-effectively meet the new sulfur emission standards? policy evaluation using marginal abatement cost-curves

dc.contributor.authorSugathan, Anish
dc.contributor.authorBhangale, Ritesh
dc.contributor.authorKansal, Vishal
dc.contributor.authorHulke, Unmil
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-26T15:16:06Z
dc.date.available2018-07-26T15:16:06Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11718/20933
dc.description.abstractThefirst-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.en_US
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectPower-plant emission standardsen_US
dc.subjectSO 2 control technologieen_US
dc.subjectSO 2 inventoryen_US
dc.titleHow can Indian power plants cost-effectively meet the new sulfur emission standards? policy evaluation using marginal abatement cost-curvesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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