10.2190/TEKJ-CPEM-KYL9-Q8L8 TEKJCPEMKYL9Q8L8 1 Modeling SO₂ Abatement Costs 211 239 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 TEKJCPEMKYL9Q8L8.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=TEKJCPEMKYL9Q8L8 3 Kevin Rodman John D. Keenan Morgan Stanley, New York, New York University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia A linear programming model is presented for use in calculating the minimal cost to operate power plant SO₂ removal systems. The following fuel related costs were included: coal purchasing, physical coal cleaning, UMW contribution, coal transportation, power plant operation and maintenance, flue gas desulfurization, and ash disposal. The model is bound by demand, environmental, and operational constraints. The model is used to compare alternative methods of achieving a given SO₂ output. The results are sensitive to power plant location, coal purchase costs, and to variations in the variety of coal in the fuel mixture; slightly sensitive to flue gas desulfurization costs; and, insensitive to the other cost factors. EPA/TVA, <i>Computerized Shawnee Lime/Limestone Scrubbing Model Users Manual</i>, Interagency Energy/Environment R + D Program Report, EPA-600/8-81-008 or TVA/OP/EDT-81-15, p. 181, March 1981. Chemical Engineering, <i>Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index, 89</i>:11, McGraw Hill Publications, New York, p. 7, May 31, 1982. G. A. Isaacs, R. A. Ressl, and D. W. Spaite, <i>Cost Benefits Associated with the Use of Physically Cleaned Coal</i>, prepared for EPA, Contract #68-02-2603, PEDCo Environmental, Inc., Dallas, Texas, p. 115, May 1980. P. J. Phillips and R. M. Cole, Economic Penalties Attributable to Ash Content of Steam Coals, presentation at the Coal Utilization Symposium, AIME Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, (unpublished), p. 8, February 18-22, 1979. R. M. Cole, Economics of Coal Cleaning and Flue Gas Desulfurization for Compliance with Revised NSPS for Utility. E. C. Holt, Jr., R. E. Kucko, R. E. Barrett, R. M. Cole, and R. M. Frank, Effect of Coal Quality on Maintenance Costs at Utility Plants, <i>The Mining Congress Journal</i>, p. 7, May 1982. B. Onursal, B. Hylton, B. Cheng, and C. McLandless, <i>Cost Energy and Environmental Sensitivity Analysis of Coal Cleaning Technology for Industrial Boiler Applications</i>, prepared for EPA Energy Assessment and Controls Division, EPA Contract #68-02-31-36, p. 159, June 1980. The United Mine Workers Union, <i>National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1981</i>, p. 224, June 1981. Current Contract Prices and Spot Marker Steam Coal Prices, in <i>Coal Week, 8</i>:20, McGraw Hill Publications, New York, p. 5, May 17, 1982. R. C. Elliot (ed.), <i>Coal Desulfurization Prior to Combustion</i>, Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, New Jersey, p. 307, 1978. M. K. Buder, D. J. Folz, P. O. Goodman, L. Sybert, and H. Huettenhain, <i>Impact of Coal Cleaning on the Cost of New Coal-Fired Power Generation</i>, prepared by Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco, California, for EPRI, Palo Alto, California, EPRI-CS-1622, Project 1180-2, p. 394, March 1981. <i>The 1981 Keystone Coal Industry Manual</i>, McGraw Hill Mining Publications, New York, 1981. PEDCo Environmental, Inc., <i>Cost Analysis of Lime-Based Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems for New 500-MW Utility Boilers</i>, prepared for the EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and Strategies, EPA 450/5-79-003, p. 47, January 1979. M. P. Smith, M. T. Melia and B. A. Laseke, Jr. (PEDCo Environmental, Cincinnatti, Ohio) and N, Kaplan (EPA), <i>Recent Trends in Utility Flue Gas Desulfurization</i>, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory, Emissions/Effluent Technology Branch, p. 53, September 1981 (unpublished). W. Dunlop (Project Manager), <i>Economic and Design Factors for Flue Gas Desulfurization Technology</i>, prepared by Bechtel, Inc. for EPRI, Desulfurization Process Program-Coal Combustion Systems Division, EPRI CS-4428, RP1180-9, p. 184, April 1980. F. A. Ayer (ed.), <i>Proceedings: Symposium on Flue Gas Desulfurization Held at Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1970, Volume I</i>, prepared for EPA, Industrial Environmental Research, NTIS-PB80-133168, p. 628, July 1979. T. Devitt, <i>Flue Gas Desulfurization System Capabilities for Coal-Fired Steam Generators: Volume II, Technical Report</i>, PEDCo Environmental for EPA, Office of Research and Development of Air and Waste Management, EPA 600/7-78-032b, p. 125, March 1978. C. Komanoff, <i>Power Plant Cost Escalation: Nuclear and Coal Capital Costs, Regulations and Economics</i>, Komanoff Energy Associates, New York, p. 311, 1981. M. Zimmerman, <i>The U. S. Coal Industry: The Economics of Policy Choice</i>, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, p. 205, 1981.