The most recent advances on EC reactor modeling are summarized with special emphasis on four major issues that still constitute the cornerstone of EC: the theoretical understanding of mechanisms governing pollution abatement, modeling approaches, CFD simulations, and techno-economic optimization.
The electro-generation of H2O2 and the abatement of the model organic pollutant Acid Orange 7 (AO7) in water by an electro-Fenton process were performed under moderate air pressures (up to 11 bar) for the first time to our knowledge.
We compare our approach to the traditional abatement-cost-curve model and discuss implications for policy design.
Instead of modeling abatement costs using average firm costs and applying the average cost to one representative firm in each country or region, this methodology applies specific costs to a distribution of representative firms or, in the case of natural gas, an estimated natural gas infrastructure in each country or region.
The obtained catalysts were evaluated for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) abatement, using toluene as model molecule.
Concurrently, simulations of the tunnel air flow are performed in order to model the abatement of pollutants and the effect of different influencing parameters (traffic flow, concentration profiles, ventilation…).
The methodology is an extension of static "expert-based" MACCs; it combines a land use transport integrated model and an abatement cost methodology that integrates co-benefits, and takes into account the spatial and systemic dimensions of cities.
Finkel also notes advice from the Climate Change Authority which says market mechanisms have the lowest average cost of abatement, and of the options modelled, an emissions intensity scheme "had the lowest impact on average residential electricity prices".
This proposed work employs realistic chemical engineering models of pollution abatement operations in order to assess the feasibility of a treatment option, estimate its cost and expected emissions.
Based on year 2020 marginal abatement cost curves from different models and current EU climate policy objectives we show that in contrast to conventional wisdom, road transport inclusion would not change the EU ETS allowance price.
