Fossil fuels in a sustainable energy future

Conference · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:374577

Bechtel, T F ^[1]

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1. Dept. of Energy, Morgantown, WV (United States)

The coal industry in the United States has become a world leader in safety, productivity, and environmental protection in the mining of coal. The {open_quotes}pick-and-shovel{close_quotes} miner with mangled limbs and black lung disease has been replaced by the highly skilled technicians that lead the world in tons per man-hour. The gob piles, polluted streams, and scared land are a thing of the past. The complementary efforts of the DOE and EPRI-funded programs in coal utilization R&D and the Clean Coal Technology Program commercial demonstrations, have positioned the power generation industry to utilize coal in a way that doesn`t pollute the air or water, keeps electrical power costs low, and avoids the mountains of waste material. This paper reviews the potential for advanced coal utilization technologies in new power generation applications as well as the repowering of existing plants to increase their output, raise their efficiency, and reduce pollution. It demonstrates the potential for these advanced coal-fueled plants to play a complementary role in future planning with the natural gas and oil fired units currently favored in the market place. The status of the US program to demonstrate these technologies at commercial scale is reviewed in some detail.

• Research Organization: North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks, ND (United States)
• OSTI ID: 374577
• Report Number(s): DOE/MC/30097--5161-Pt.2; CONF-9410458--Pt.2; ON: DE96011553
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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