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Analysis of CO 2 Emissions in the Whole Production Process of Coal-Fired Power Plant

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  • Han Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
    Atmospheric Environment Institute, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Beijing 100012, China
    College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China)

  • Zhenghui Fu

    (State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China)

  • Shulan Wang

    (State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
    Operation Management Department, National Joint Research Center for Tacking Key Problems in Air Pollution Control, Beijing 100012, China)

  • Wenjie Zhang

    (State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
    Atmospheric Environment Institute, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Beijing 100012, China)

Abstract

The linear programming (LP) model has been used to identify a cost-effective strategy for reducing CO 2 emissions in power plants considering coal washing, pollutant removal, and carbon capture processes, thus CO 2 emissions in different production processes can be obtained. The direct emissions (combustion emissions and desulfurization emissions) and indirect emissions (pollutant removal, coal washing, and carbon capture) of CO 2 were all considered in the LP model. Three planning periods were set with different CO 2 emission control desirability to simulate CO 2 emissions of the different reduction requirements. The results can reflect the CO 2 emissions across the whole production process of a coal-fired power plant overall. The simulation results showed that for a coal-fired power plant containing two 1000 MW ultra super-critical sets, when the desirability was 0.9, the CO 2 total emissions were 2.15, 1.84, and 1.59 million tons for the three planning periods. The research results suggest that the methodology of LP combined with fuzzy desirability function is applicable to represent the whole production process of industry sectors such as coal-fired power plants. The government policy makers could predict CO 2 emissions by this method and use the results as a reference to conduct effective industrial and energy structure adjustment.

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  • Han Wang & Zhenghui Fu & Shulan Wang & Wenjie Zhang, 2021. "Analysis of CO 2 Emissions in the Whole Production Process of Coal-Fired Power Plant," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-13, October.
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