Analysis of the air quality effects of power plant emissions

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The combustion of fossil fuels increases greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and causes reduced air quality (AQ). Due to their high visibility, fossil fuelled power plants are particularly associated with this problem. There is increasing public pressure for governments to eliminate these power plants as a means to minimise GHG emissions and improve AQ, but this must be done in a way that maintains an adequate and inexpensive energy supply. Exploring solutions to these divergent requirements is usually done with the help of models, which allow many possible approaches to be tested and the best one selected without incurring the (usually large) expense of implementation. In a market economy, it is the responsibility of the industrial sector to find methods to satisfy government regulations in ways that are not only successful but also cost effective. The role of the academic researcher in this effort is to provide novel and effective methods that can be used by the private sector partners to attain these goals.