# Sulphuric acid and Waste-heat power (steam Rankine)

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

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/sulphuric-acid-and-waste-heat-power-steam-rankine/

[Sulphuric acid](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/sulphuric_acid/) (chemical) and [Waste-heat power (steam Rankine)](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_whr_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.