Relationship Between Economic Activity and Pollution Emissions

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Relationship Between Economic Activity and
Pollution Emissions

• Class Project
• Me 449, 2002
• Y. Kuwabara, S. Lahr, B. Ponczak, M Roberts, A.
  Shaw
• Instructor R. Husar

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Economic Activity-Emission Relationship
Activity
Consumption
Production
Emission
Industrial
Ind. Energy
SOx
Metals
Transport
Tr. Energy
Coal
NOx
Residential
Res.Energy
Oil
HC
Commmerc.
Com. Energy
Gas
PM
Electricity

• Develop a relationship for
• SOx f ( I, T, R, C)
• NOx f ( I, T, R, C)
• HC f ( I, T, R, C)
• PM f ( I, T, R, C)

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Activity
Consumption
a
Industrial
Ind. Energy
b
Transport
Tr. Energy
c
Residential
Res.Energy
d
Commmerc.
Com. Energy
1 2 3 4
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Consumption
Production
f
Ind. Energy
Metals
g
Tr. Energy
Coal
h
Res.Energy
Oil
i
Com. Energy
Gas
1 2 3 4 5
e
Electricity
5
Production
Emission
j
Metals
SOx
k
Coal
NOx
l
Oil
HC
m
Gas
PM
1 2 3 4
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Key
a1 IE/I e1 M/E f1 M/IE f5 E/IE j1 SOx/M
Example Calculation
SOx (I, IE, M) j1 x (f1 (e1 x f5)) x a1 x I