The most complete and up-to-date handbook on power generation from
coal, this book covers all of today's new, cleaner methods for creating
electricity from coal, the environmental challenges and concerns
involved in its production, and developing technologies
Coal accounts for approximately one quarter of world energy consumption.
Of the coal produced worldwide, approximately 65% is shipped to
electricity producers and 33% to industrial consumers, and most of the
remainder goes to consumers in the residential and commercial sectors.
The total share of total world energy consumption by coal is expected to
increase to almost 30% in 2035.
This handbook describes the challenges and steps by which electricity is
produced from coal and deals with the challenges for removing the
environmental objections to the use of coal in future power plants. New
technologies are described that could virtually eliminate the sulfur,
nitrogen, and mercury pollutants that are released when coal is burned
for electricity generation. In addition, technologies for the capture of
greenhouse gases emitted from coal-fired power plants are described and
the means of preventing such emissions from contributing to global
warming concerns.