Coal-fired power plants account for nearly 50% of U.S. electricity supply and about a third of U.S. emissions of CO(2), the major greenhouse gas (GHG) associated with global climate change. Thermal power plants also account for 39% of all freshwater withdrawals in the U.S. To reduce GHG emissions from coal-fired plants, postcombustion carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems are receiving consi...

A thermal power station is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven. Water is heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and recycled to where it was heated; this is known as a Rankine cycle. The greatest variation in the design of thermal power stations is due ...

Substitution of coal in coking blend with bio-coal is a potential way to reduce fossil CO2 emissions from iron and steelmaking. The current study aims explore possible means counteract negative influence cokemaking. Washing kaolin coating bio-coals were conducted remove or bind part the compounds ash that catalyzes gasification coke CO2. To further how increase reactivity related more reactive ...

The calorific value of coal is an important factor for the economic operation of coal-fired power plant. However, calorific value is tremendous difference between the different coal, and even if coal is from the same mine. Restricted by the coal market, most of coal fired power plants can not burn the designedcoal by now in China. The properties of coal as received are changing so frequently th...

In China, coal combustion to generate electric power is the primary method, the energy-saving and emission reduction is the urgent task. At present, the energy-saving dispatching trial method in some area evaluates energy-saving and emission reduction of coal combustion power generation according to power supply coal consumption rate only. But the power supply coal consumption rate can’t reflec...

The accumulation of heavy metals in naturally occurring plants of herbs, shrubs and trees grown on South Bolanda coal mine overburdens in subtropical region of India were illustrated.. The inter-elemental relationships of different parts of five plant species including herbs, shrubs and trees with the coal mine wastes were studied. From the tree species maximum positive correlation was observed...

This paper presents a linear programming (LP) methodology for estimating the cost of reducing a state's coal-fired power plant carbon dioxide emissions by cofiring switchgrass and coal. LP modeling allows interplay between regionally specific switchgrass production forecasts, coal plant locations, and individual coal plant historic performance data to determine an allocation of switchgrass mini...

This paper deals with model-based pressure and flow control of a fine coal injection vessel for the use of the blast furnace injection process. By means of system modeling aild identification, the structure and behavior of the coal injection vessel are analyzed. It is shown that by use of model-based design, the control goals can be reached and the control performance can be significantly impro...

The objective of this work is to model a pulverized coal power plant and some of its component units and to apply control based in the boiler following control approach, in order to analyse the control system and the power plant performance at different operational conditions. The ETI-CCS project comprises the modelling of the several components of the carbon capture and storage chain, starting...

Coal blending is becoming increasingly common as more and more off-specification coals are received in coal-fired power plants, given the present coal market in China. This situation requires optimization of the operating parameters for matching the varying coal properties. The motivation for such optimization includes confirming good performance of the units regarding the security, the economy...