Urban air pollution has become a severe problem for Chinese cities due to the rapid development of the economy, continuous increase of energy consumption and the dominant position of coal in the energy structure. It is very important to investigate the constraint effect of urban air quality on energy consumption. In this study, comprehensive research has been carried out to understand the basic connotations and features of energy consumption under constraints of air quality, to identify the key factors affecting the constraint force. The concepts of three primary constraint types, e. G. , total amount constraint, structure constraint and distribution constraint were developed; and a model framework and mathematical analysis method to analyze constraint force was established. With this model, a case study on the Pearl River Delta (PRD) was conducted to quantify the limit of coal consumption, the maximum growth rate of coal consumption and energy under the constraint of a specific air quality target. The quantitative analysis suggests that control of coal consumption cap and application of clean-coal technologies is critical to improve the air quality of the PRD area.
air qualityconstraintenergy consumptionPearl River Delta
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
维普
