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Table 2 Parameters related to pollution control technologies

From: Confidence modeling with reliability: a systems approach to sustainable energy planning

Pollution control technology

Time period

t = 1

t = 2

t = 3

Treatment cost of SO 2 emission ($/tonne)

SAS

55

57

59

WLS

45

48

51

LSD

30

33

36

Treatment cost of NO x emission ($/tonne)

SCR

55

59

62

SNCR

35

38

40

Treatment cost of PM emission ($/tonne)

BH

135

140

145

ESP

125

133

140

WC

115

125

135

Allowable emission amounts of pollutants (tonne)

SO 2

(40, 44, 50)*

(61, 72, 81)

(69, 82, 93)

NO x

(20, 32, 45)

(31, 47, 61)

(35, 57, 80)

PM

(0.3, 0.52, 0.7)

(0.45, 0.8, 1.1)

(0.49, 0.89, 1.2)

Treatment efficiency of pollutants (%)

SAS

(0.85, 0.91, 0.99)

WLS

(0.76, 0.82, 0.9)

LSD

(0.7, 0.77, 0.85)

SCR

(0.8, 0.86, 0.9)

SNCR

(0.5, 0.62, 0.7)

BH

(0.96, 0.975, 0.99)

ESP

(0.95, 0.964, 0.98)

WC

(0.94, 0.958, 0.97)

  1. Notes: data are modified from Li et al. ([2010]); *(a, b, c) represents a triangular fuzzy set, where a and c are the minimum and the maximum possible values, and b is the most likely value.