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Coal-Fired Generation
1st Edition - July 17, 2015
Author: Paul Breeze
Language: English
eBook ISBN:9780128040560
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Coal-Fired Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to this traditional power generation technology. It includes detailed descripti…Read more
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Coal-Fired Generation is a concise, up-to-date and readable guide providing an introduction to this traditional power generation technology. It includes detailed descriptions of coal fired generation systems, demystifies the coal fired technology functions in practice as well as exploring the economic and environmental risk factors.
Engineers, managers, policymakers and those involved in planning and delivering energy resources will find this reference a valuable guide, to help establish a reliable power supply address social and economic objectives.
Focuses on the evolution of the traditional coal-fired generation
Evaluates the economic and environmental viability of the system with concise diagrams and accessible explanations
The series is targeted at Power generation planners, electrical engineers, students and lecturers of Electrical Engineering and Energy, researchers, academics and the technical community involved in the development and implementation of power generation technologies, and power related engineering disciplines.
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Coal-Fired Power Generation
The History of Coal-Fired Power Generation
Global Electricity Production from Coal
Chapter 2. Coal Types and the Production and Trade in Coal
Coal Resources and the Coal Trade
Coal Processing and Cleaning
Chapter 3. Coal-Burning Technology
Coal Handling
The Development of the Power Plant Boiler
Modern Boiler Design
Sub-critical and Supercritical Boilers
Chapter 4. Steam Turbines and Generators
Generators
Chapter 5. Fluidized Bed Combustion and Coal Gasification
The BFB Reactor
The Circulating Fluidized Bed
Pressurized Fluidized Bed Combustion
Coal Gasification
Chapter 6. Coal Combustion and the Environment
Pre-Combustion Coal Cleaning
Combustion Strategies to Reduce Nitrogen Oxide Production
Sulfur Dioxide Capture
Nitrogen Oxide Capture
Combined Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide Removal
Particulate (Dust) Removal
Mercury Removal
Chapter 7. Carbon Capture and Storage
Biomass Cofiring
Post-Combustion Capture of Carbon Dioxide
Pre-Combustion Capture of Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Capture and Oxyfuel Combustion
Chemical Looping
Carbon Dioxide Compression and Transportation
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
Chapter 8. The Cost of Electricity Generation from Coal-Fired Power Stations
Capital Cost
Fuel Costs
The LCOE from a Coal-Fired Power Station
No. of pages: 98
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: July 17, 2015
Imprint: Academic Press
eBook ISBN: 9780128040560
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Paul Breeze
Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.
Affiliations and expertise
Freelance Science and Technology Writer/Consultant, UK