Clean power generation from coal

Miscellaneous · Sat Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:20978230

Butler, J W; Basu, P ^[1]

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1. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS (Canada). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

The chapter gives an overview of power generation from coal, describing its environmental impacts, methods of cleaning coal before combustion, combustion methods, and post-combustion cleanup. It includes a section on carbon dioxide capture, storage and utilization. Physical, chemical and biological cleaning methods are covered. Coal conversion techniques covered are: pulverized coal combustion, fluidized-bed combustion, supercritical boilers, cyclone combustion, magnetohydrodynamics and gasification. 66 refs., 29 figs., 8 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 20978230
• Resource Relation: Other Information: British Library no. m07/32797; Related Information: In: Environmentally conscious alternative energy production, Wiley Series in Environmentally Conscious Engineering, by Kutz, M. (ed.), 336 pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL
CYCLONE COMBUSTORS
POWER GENERATION
COAL GASIFICATION
BURNERS
AIR POLLUTION
PARTICULATES
NITROGEN OXIDES
EMISSION
HEAVY METALS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
SOLID WASTES
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
COAL PREPARATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CLEANING
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
CAPTURE
MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
COMBUSTION
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
PULVERIZED FUELS
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
COST
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
SUPERCRITICAL STATE