MODELING LONG-TERM COAL PRODUCTION WITH THE ARGONNE COAL MARKET MODEL

The Argonne Coal Market (ACM) Model was developed as part of the National Coal Utilization Assessment, a comprehensive study of coal-related environmental, health, and safety impacts funded by the Energy Research and Development Administration. The model has a relatively high degree of regional detail on both supply and demand. Coal demands are forecasted by a combination of trend and econometric analysis. Coal supply in each region is characterized by a linearly increasing function relating increments of new mine capacity to the marginal cost of extraction. Rail transportation costs and control technology costs are estimated for each supply-demand link. A quadratic programming algorithm is used to optimize flow patterns for the system. (ERA citation 03:018435)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Symposium on systems and decision sciences, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2 Oct 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Argonne National Laboratory

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  Argonne, IL  United States  60439

  Department of Energy

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• Authors:
  • Dux, C D
  • Krohm, G C
  • VanKuiken, J C
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: 8 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Coal; Coal industry; Costs; Demand; Econometric models; Economics; Energy; Environmental impacts; Forecasting; Freight traffic; Health hazards; Mathematical models; Production; Rates; Regional analysis; Regional planning; Socioeconomic factors; Traffic forecasting; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy demand
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Society; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00176100
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: W-31-109-ENG-38
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 19 1978 12:00AM