Sulphuric acid and Waste-heat power (steam Rankine)

Waste-heat power (steam Rankine) needs sulphuric acid; their prices have moved together.

Sulphuric acid (chemical) and Waste-heat power (steam Rankine) (energy): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Material need

Physical flow · Direct · Sulphuric acid → Waste-heat power (steam Rankine)

Building or running Waste-heat power (steam Rankine) needs sulphuric acid.

2. Price link: host industry

Cost and price · Weak · Both ways

Burning sulphur to make sulphuric acid releases a lot of heat, which acid plants routinely turn into steam and power. The link is a technology one; monthly moves correlate at 0.05, so prices do not move together.

0.05 monthly change correlation
0.17 12-month change correlation
0.09 fitted elasticity

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.