Technical efficiency of SO2 scrubbers with byproduct contracts

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2024-11-07 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112049

Qingxin He, Jonathan M. Lee

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Abstract

This paper explores the impact of synthetic gypsum, a byproduct of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) abatement, on the technical efficiency of SO₂ scrubber technology. On average SO₂ scrubbers are 60% efficient suggesting substantial emission reductions are possible by narrowing the efficiency gap. Gypsum marketability provides an economic incentive for improved power-plant operation of scrubbers with 8.8% average increases in technical efficiency. By contrast, we do not find any statistically significant evidence of innovative change in scrubbing technology.

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签订副产品合同的二氧化硫洗涤器的技术效率

本文探讨了二氧化硫（SO2）减排副产品合成石膏对二氧化硫洗涤器技术效率的影响。二氧化硫洗涤器的平均效率为 60%，这表明通过缩小效率差距可以实现大幅减排。石膏的可销售性为改进电厂洗涤器的运行提供了经济激励，使技术效率平均提高了 8.8%。相比之下，我们在统计上没有发现洗涤技术革新的显著证据。

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来源期刊

Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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