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...

Consumption of fossil energy continues to increase and therefore reserves are decreasing, thus the switchover using into new renewable is necessary. Biomass especially from oil palm empty fruit bunches one potential resource as that can mixture with coal fuel for power plant. However, biomass has several weaknesses fuel; it containing high potassium content low heating value. Potassium will rea...

Coal, which is usually land plant in origin, occurs in many oil-producing basins. Microscopically, coal consists of various macerals (liptinite, vitrinite, and inertinite). The generative potential of coal reflects the hydrocarbon potential of the composing macerals (Kelly et al., 1985). Although most coals consist of predominantly vitrinite, some contain significant amounts (>20% of total mace...

Fired steam generators are the dominating technology of coal combustion in power plants. This paper presents a model for pulverized coal fired steam generators in Modelica. The model components are designed as an extension of SiemensPower, a Modelica library for transient simulation of power plants. The focus is on coal combustion, gas-particle-flow and radiation heat transfer in the furnace. T...

Studies were performed to compare the physical and chemical characteristics and the in vitro macrophage cytotoxicity of oil and coal fly ash. Sampling methodology was developed to collect size-fractionated particulate matter from the smokestack of either a coal-fired or an oil-fired power plant. Morphological studies demonstrated particle heterogeneity, although most coal fly ash particles appe...

Discharge of sludge from water works into waters will result in the increased deterioration of water environment. Therefore, an experimental study was conducted on the addition of conditioning agent to improve sludge dewatering performance. The result shows that coagulation is inadaptable to the treatment of sludge from water works and use of powdered coal ash from power plant as conditioning a...