Coal-Fired Generation
Published on 21. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
98 pages
978-0-12-804006-5 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
150 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-804006-5 (9780128040065)
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Person
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.
Content
Introduction
1 Types of Coal
2 Coal Reserves
3 Coal Cleaning and Processing
4 Traditional Coal-Fired Power Generation Technology
5 Boiler Technology
6 Steam Turbine Design
7 Generators
8 Fluidized Bed Combustion
9 Integrated gasification combined cycle
10 Emission Control for coal tower power plants
11 Coal Treatment
12 Low Nitrogen Oxide Combustion strategies
13 Sulfur Dioxide Removal
14 Nitrogen Oxide Capture
15 Combined Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide removal
16 Particulate (dust) removal
17 Mercury removal
1 Types of Coal
2 Coal Reserves
3 Coal Cleaning and Processing
4 Traditional Coal-Fired Power Generation Technology
5 Boiler Technology
6 Steam Turbine Design
7 Generators
8 Fluidized Bed Combustion
9 Integrated gasification combined cycle
10 Emission Control for coal tower power plants
11 Coal Treatment
12 Low Nitrogen Oxide Combustion strategies
13 Sulfur Dioxide Removal
14 Nitrogen Oxide Capture
15 Combined Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide removal
16 Particulate (dust) removal
17 Mercury removal