Impact of Circular, Waste-Heat Reuse Pathways on PM_2.5-Air Quality, CO₂ Emissions, and Human Health in India: Comparison with Material Exchange Potential.

ABSTRACT: India is home to 1.3 billion people who are exposed to some of the highest levels of ambient air pollution in the world. In addition, India is one of the fastest-growing carbon-emitting countries. Here, we assess how two strategies to reuse waste-heat from coal-fired power plants and other large sources would impact PM_2.5-air quality, human health, and CO₂ emissions in 2015 and a future year, 2050, using varying levels of policy adoption (current regulations, proposed single-sector policies, and ambitious single-sector strategies). We find that power plant and industrial waste-heat reuse as input to district heating systems (DHSs), a novel, multisector strategy to reduce local biomass burning for heating emissions, can offset 71.3-85.2% of residential heating demand i

SUBMITTER: Lal RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261188 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature