Materials-Process-Product Analysis of Coal Process Technology. Phase III, Task 1 Report, Direct Combustion, and Sulfur Emissions Control and Recovery Processes. Volume 1. Results

摘要

A Materials-Process-Product Model of coal process technology has been developed for the US Department of Energy. This model is an application of a methodology, previously developed under a grant from the National Science Foundation, for systematically analyzing an array of competing manufacturing technologies from economic, environmental, and energy policy perspectives. The model consists of a data base for coal-related materials and coal conversion processes and an algorithmic structure that facilitates systematic evaluations in response to estogenously specified variables such as tax policy, environmental limitations, and changes in process technology and costs. The model has been developed as an interactive program, with maximum flexibility for inclusion of new process data, revision of old data, and specification of exogenous data related to policy options. It is operational on the Energy Information Agency computer installed at Rockville, Maryland, an IBM-370 series machine. This report includes material on expansion of the MPPM Data Base in the area of direct combustion, and sulfur emissions control and recovery processes. This volume I, summarizes the work done and presents results of some analyses that was accomplished using the new data base elements. (ERA citation 06:030490)