Clean electricity through advanced coal technologies /

Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies focuses on the environmental damages caused by power plant operations and the environmental issues with solid waste, air and impoundment issues such as the massive TVA spill in Kingston, TN.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : William Andrew, 2011.
Colección:Handbook of pollution prevention and cleaner production.
Temas:
Coal-fired power plants > Environmental aspects.
Best management practices (Pollution prevention)
Green technology.
Centrales au charbon > Aspect de l'environnement.
Meilleures pratiques de gestion (Pr�evention de la pollution)
Technologie de protection de l'environnement.
Coal-fired power plants > Environmental aspects
Green technology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine-generated contents note: 1. Air Pollution
  • 1.1. Overview
  • 1.2. The National Emissions Inventory
  • 1.3. Criteria Air Pollutants
  • 1.3.1. Carbon Monoxide
  • 1.3.2. Lead
  • 1.3.3. Nitrogen Dioxide
  • 1.3.4. Particulate Matter
  • 1.3.5. Ozone
  • 1.3.6. Sulphur Dioxide
  • 1.3.7. NAAQS
  • 1.4. Comparing Emissions
  • 1.4.1. National Emissions Inventory
  • 1.4.2. Toxics Release Inventory
  • 1.5. Mercury Releases
  • 2. Solid Wastes
  • 2.1. Overview
  • 2.2. Coal Combustion Byproducts
  • 2.3. Regulations
  • 2.4. Origins and General Properties of Fly Ash
  • 2.5. Flue-Gas Desulphurization Material
  • 2.6. Toxic Heavy Metals Found in Fly Ashes
  • 2.7. Beneficial Ash Characteristics and Markets
  • 2.8. Radioactive Constituents
  • 3. Old and New Generation Technologies
  • 3.1. Overview
  • 3.2. Stoker-Fired Coal Combustion
  • 3.3. Pulverized-Coal Combustion
  • 3.4. Cyclone Coal Combustion
  • 3.5. Fluidized-Bed Combustion
  • 3.5.1. Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustion Systems
  • 3.6. Gasification
  • 3.7. Comparing Energy Costs
  • 4. Carbon Capture and Sequestration
  • 4.1. Introduction
  • 4.2. Factors Influencing GHG Emissions
  • 4.3. Emissions Trading Scheme
  • 4.4. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technologies
  • 4.4.1. Safety and Environmental Setbacks
  • 4.4.2. Recycling and New Markets
  • 4.5. Commercial Status
  • 4.6. Improving Efficiencies
  • 5. The TVA Ash Spill
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Facility Background
  • 5.3. Coal Sources and Quantities
  • 5.4. Solid Waste Storage
  • 5.5. Ash Analysis
  • 5.6. The Spill
  • 5.7. Facility Environmental Footprint
  • 5.8. Airborne Releases from the Spill Incident
  • 5.9. Exceedances and Excursions
  • 5.10. Toxins Released
  • 5.11. An Estimate of the Releases to Air
  • 5.12. Industry-Wide Problem.

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