# Optimization of Electricity Generation Technologies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Egypt
## 2 Materials and Methods
### SIMPACTS Modeling
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\begin{tabular}{c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Site Location and Cost Data**} \\ \hline Economic defaults from & Egypt \\ GDP per Capita & 3019.21 USD per capita \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Hydro Power Plant Data} \\ \hline Plant Capacity & 2100 MW \\ Capacity Factor & 50\% \\ Lifetime & 50 years \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Dam Data [26]} \\ \hline Reservoir inundated area & 6000.32 km\({}^{2}\) \\ Average dam failure rate & 0.0001 fraction \\ Average accident warning time & 1.5 h \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: Input data of the Aswan High Dam hydropower plant to SIMPACTS. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Domain Data**} \\ \hline Domain Name & Burullus Power Plant \\ Time Frame & Full year \\ Cell Size & 50 x50 km \\ Latitude & 31.53258 \\ Longitude & \(-\)30.8107 \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Emission and Dispersion} \\ \hline Base Elevation & 8.5 m \\ Stack Height [22] & 60 m \\ Stack Diameter [23] & 5.5 m \\ Exit Temperature & 360 K \\ Exit Velocity [23] & 21 m/s \\ SO2 Emissions [23] & 128 kg/h \\ NOx Emissions [23] & 1520 kg/h \\ PM10 Emissions & PM10 emission is very small when NG use as fuel for FPP \\ Month & Ozone (O\({}_{3}\)) Concentration & Ammonia (NH\({}_{3}\)) Concentration \\ All year & 80 ppb & 10 ppb \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Health Impacts} \\ \hline Burullus & Ar-Riyad \\ Population = 251,190 [24] & Population = 197,351 [24] \\ Area = 481.0 km\({}^{2}\) & Area = 437.6 km\({}^{2}\) \\ Population Density = 522.2/km\({}^{2}\) & Population Density = 451.0/km\({}^{2}\) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 3: Input data of the fossil fuel of Burullus CCPP. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Site Location and Cost Data**} \\ \hline Population Data \\ \hline Population displaced & 128,410 persons \\ Share of population & 20\% \\ resettled/compensated & 692,296 persons \\ \multicolumn{2}{c}{accident} \\ Value of statistical life & USD 591,049.4 \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Land Use Data (Type)} \\ \hline Region type & Tropical \\ Type of Terrain & Canyons \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Land Use Data (Shares)} \\ \hline Forest & 0\% \\ Farmland & 1.5\% \\ Other & 98.5\% \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Land Use Data (Cost)} \\ \hline Forest & 0 USD per hectare \\ Farmland & 366 USD per hectare \\ Other & 154,262.5 USD per hectare \\ Fraction of land costs internalized & 0.5 fraction \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Emission Factors (during Operation) [27]} \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Low} & Mean & High \\ CO\({}_{2}\) (tons/km\({}^{2}\)/year) & 150 & 4000 \\ CH\({}_{4}\) (tons/km\({}^{2}\)/year) & 1.5 & 18 \\ Global warming potential for CH\({}_{4}\) & 21 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: _Cont._ \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c} \hline \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Domain Data**} \\ \hline Domain Name & El Dabaa NPP \\ Time Frame & Full year \\ Cell Size & 50 \(\times\) 50 km \\ Latitude & 31.04375124 \\ Longitude & –28.49788242 \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Emission and Dispersion [28]} \\ \hline Base Elevation & 20 m \\ Stack Height [29] & 100 m \\ Stack Diameter & 3 m \\ Exit Temperature & 450 K \\ Exit Velocity & 15 m/s \\ Emission Cycle & constant \\ Emission Rate Unit & GBq/year \\ \({}^{3}\)H emissions [30] & 185 GBq/year \\ \({}^{14}\)C emissions [30] & 4329000 GBq/year \\ \({}^{131}\)I emissions [30] & 0.8 GBq/year \\ \({}^{133}\)Xe emissions [30] & 18666.7 GBq/year \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Pop. Density [24]} \\ \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{Population = 56,851} \\ \multicolumn{2}{c}{Area = 2012 km\({}^{2}\)} \\ \multicolumn{2}{c}{Population Density = 28.26/km\({}^{2}\)} \\ \hline Impact & Specific Risk Factors & Specific Economic Values \\ \multicolumn{2}{c}{(Cases per Man Sv)} & (USD) \\ \hline Fatal Cancer & 0.05 & 1001.29 \\ Non-fatal Cancer & 0.12 & 1090.01 \\ Specific hereditary Effect & 0.01 & 32772.71 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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