Analysis of the air quality effects of power plant emissions

电厂排放对空气质量的影响分析

• 批准号: 350223-2007
• 负责人: Sloan, James
• 金额: $ 11.15万
• 依托单位: University of Waterloo
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=402002
• 关键词: Analysis; air; quality; effects; power

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.

化石燃料的燃烧增加了温室气体（GHG）排放，并导致空气质量（AQ）下降。由于它们的高能见度，化石燃料发电厂与这个问题特别相关。作为减少温室气体排放和改善空气质量的一种手段，公众对政府的压力越来越大，要求政府淘汰这些发电厂，但这必须以保持充足和廉价的能源供应的方式进行。探索这些不同需求的解决方案通常是在模型的帮助下完成的，模型允许测试许多可能的方法，并选择最佳方法，而不会产生（通常很大的）实现费用。在市场经济中，工业部门有责任找到既成功又具有成本效益的方法来满足政府的规定。学术研究人员在这项工作中的作用是提供新颖有效的方法，供私营部门合作伙伴用于实现这些目标。