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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-017-0518-y

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Impact of “ultra low emission” technology of coal-fired power on PM2.5 pollution in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region

  • Xiao LIU , 1 ,
  • Zhilin LIU 1 ,
  • Weidong JIAO 1 ,
  • Xuan LI 1 ,
  • Jintai LIN 2 ,
  • Anthony KU , 3
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  • 1. National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing 102211, China
  • 2. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100031, China
  • 3. National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Beijing 102211, China; NICE America Research, 2091 Stierlin Ct, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Received date: 03 Jul 2017

Accepted date: 20 Sep 2017

Published date: 15 Mar 2021

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Abstract

In response to severe haze pollution, the Chinese government has announced a series of policies focusing on controlling emissions from coal consumption. “Ultra-low emission” (ULE) technologies have the potential to dramatically reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants, and have been deployed at some facilities in recent years. This paper estimated the potential environmental benefits of the widespread adoption of ULE in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region. Atmospheric modeling scenarios were analyzed for three cases: a “standard” scenario assuming no ULE deployment, a “best case” scenario assuming complete adoption of ULE across all power plants in the region, and a “natural gas” scenario, assuming emissions factors consistent with natural gas-fired power generation. The simulations show that the widespread adoption of ULE technologies can be an effective and economically competitive option for reducing the impacts of coal-fired power generation on air quality.

Key words： air quality; atmospheric model; coal; Jing-Jin-Ji Region; PM2.5; ultra-low emissions

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Xiao LIU , Zhilin LIU , Weidong JIAO , Xuan LI , Jintai LIN , Anthony KU . Impact of “ultra low emission” technology of coal-fired power on PM2.5 pollution in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2021 , 15(1) : 235 -239 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-017-0518-y

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