Environmental Constraints in Thermal Power GenerationAcid Rain

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Introduction to Acid Rain and Carbon Emissions

• World Concern over Environmental Pollution and Agreements to Control it

• U.S. Clean Air Act and Amendments

• Complying with Constraints on the SO2 Emission Rate

• Surcharges on Emissions

• Complying with Constraints on Denitrifying

• Continuous-Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)

• The European Systems: Helsinki Protocol on SO2 and Sofia Protocol on NOx

• The Japanese Example��-��City-Wise and Comprehensive

• A Plant Running out of Emission Allowances

• NOx Permits are Projected as Important Players in Price Fixing of Power in a Free Market

• Air Pollution by Carbon Dioxide��-��CO2

• Appendix 6-1 Ambient Air Quality Standards for Residential Areas

• Appendix 6-2 Ambient Air Quality Standards for Industrial Areas

• Appendix 6-3 Details on Desulphurization Plants in the United States

• References