Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies

by Cheremisinoff, Nicholas P.

• ISBN13: 9781437778151
• ISBN10: 1437778151
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-10
• Publisher: William Andrew Pub

Summary

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. Each volume of the Handbook of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production series covers: manufacturing technologies, waste management, pollution issues, methods for estimating and reporting emissions, treatment and control techniques, worker and community health risks, cost data for pollution management, and cleaner production and prevention options. Vol. 1 Best Practices in the Petroleum Industry (9780815520351) Vol. 2 Best Practices in the Wood and Paper Industries (9780080964461) Vol. 3 Best Practices in the Agrochemical Industry (9781437778250) Vol. 4 Clean Electricity Through Advanced Coal Technologies (9781437778151) Vol. 5 Best Practices in the Mining Industry (9781437778878)

Author Biography

Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff is the Director of Clean Technologies and Pollution Prevention Projects at PERI (Princeton Energy Resources International, LLC, Rockville, MD, USA). He has led hundreds of pollution prevention audits and demonstrations for both public and private sector clients throughout the world. He has contributed extensively to the literature of this field as author and editor of 150 technical reference books.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
About the Author	p. ix
Air Pollution	p. 1
Overview	p. 1
The National Emissions Inventory	p. 3
Criteria Air Pollutants	p. 3
Carbon Monoxide	p. 4
Lead	p. 4
Nitrogen Dioxide	p. 5
Particulate Matter	p. 6
Ozone	p. 8
Sulfur Dioxide	p. 9
NAAQS	p. 10
Comparing Emissions	p. 10
National Emissions Inventory	p. 10
Toxics Release Inventory	p. 10
Mercury Releases	p. 25
Solid Wastes	p. 31
Overview	p. 31
Coal Combustion Byproducts	p. 32
Regulations	p. 37
Origins and General Properties of Fly Ash	p. 39
Flue-Gas Desulfurization Material	p. 42
Toxic Heavy Metals Found in Fly Ashes	p. 43
Beneficial Ash Characteristics and Markets	p. 43
Radioactive Constituents	p. 60
Old and New Generation Technologies	p. 63
Overview	p. 63
Stoker-Fired Coal Combustion	p. 63
Pulverized-Coal Combustion	p. 64
Cyclone Coal Combustion	p. 66
Fluidized-Bed Combustion	p. 66
Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustion Systems	p. 69
Gasification	p. 70
Comparing Energy Costs	p. 79
Carbon Capture and Sequestration	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
Factors Influencing GHG Emissions	p. 84
Emissions Trading Scheme	p. 84
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technologies	p. 87
Safety and Environmental Setbacks	p. 94
Recycling and New Markets	p. 96
Commercial Status	p. 97
Improving Efficiencies	p. 100
The TVA Ash Spill	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Facility Background	p. 110
Coal Sources and Quantities	p. 114
Solid Waste Storage	p. 115
Ash Analysis	p. 117
The Spill	p. 117
Facility Environmental Footprint	p. 122
Airborne Releases from the Spill Incident	p. 127
Exceedances and Excursions	p. 134
Toxins Released	p. 139
An Estimate of the Releases to Air	p. 140
Industry-Wide Problem	p. 164
Recommended Sources	p. 171
Glossary	p. 177
Index	p. 187
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