Clean Coal Technologies Reduce Emissions & Increase the Amount of Energy Gained from Each Ton of Coal.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50596) has announced the addition of Clean Coal Technologies to their offering. Coal is one of the world's fastest growing energy sources. It fuels almost 40% of electricity worldwide, with even higher percentages in several countries. However, coal is also the most unclean energy source in the world. Upon burning, coal releases a number of problem pollutants such as mercury, sulfur, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. . These pollutants are not only harmful to breathe in Verb 1. breathe in - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" inhale, inspire , but are also avid greenhouse gases and contribute significantly to global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. . Clean Coal Technologies (CCTs) are defined as 'technologies that enhance both the efficiency and the environmental acceptability of coal extraction, preparation and use'. CCTs reduce emissions and waste, and increase the amount of energy gained from each ton of coal. CCTs can reduce greenhouse emissions from any industrial or mining process involving coal, but the international priority is reducing carbon dioxide emissions from coal-based electricity generation. There are two basic strategies to achieve this: - Increasing the efficiency of electricity generation plants (a one percent improvement in thermal efficiency In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (  ) is a dimensionless performance measure of a thermal device such as an internal combustion engine, a boiler, or a furnace, for example. can yield two to three percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions). This approach will not work in isolation because a short-term reduction in emissions will be counteracted by the increasing demand for electricity; - Capturing emissions and storing them underground (sequestration sequestration In law, a writ authorizing a law-enforcement official to take into custody the property of a defendant in order to enforce a judgment or to preserve the property until a judgment is rendered. ). This strategy is the most important in terms of achieving large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from coal-based power generation. Sequestration is supported by coal gasification Coal gasification The conversion of coal or coal char to gaseous products by reaction with steam, oxygen, air, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, or a mixture of these. technologies, which can deliver a relatively pure stream of carbon dioxide, lending itself to capture and storage. Clean Coal Technologies - the products of research and development conducted over the past 20 years - have resulted in more than twenty new, lower-cost, more efficient and environmentally compatible technologies for electric utilities, steel mills, cement plants and other industries. Looking at the growing popularity of these technologies and of this industry, Energy Business Report presents an in-depth analysis of all the various technologies involved in cleaning coal and protecting the environment. This report on Clean Coal Technologies analyzes upcoming and present day technologies such as gasification gas·i·fy tr. & intr.v. gas·i·fied, gas·i·fy·ing, gas·i·fies To convert into or become gas. gas , combustion, and others. This report looks at the various technological aspects, economic aspects, and the various programs involved in promoting these emerging green technologies. Topics Covered - Industry Background - What is Coal? - Historical Background of Coal - Composition of Coal - Types of Coal - Environmental Effects of Coal - Managing Wastes from Coal - Introduction to Clean Coal - What is Clean Coal? - Byproducts of Clean Coal - Uses of Clean Coal - Support and Opposition - Price of Clean Coal - Examining Clean Coal Technologies - Coal Washing - Advanced Pollution Control Systems - Advanced Power Generating Systems - Pulverized pul·ver·ize v. pul·ver·ized, pul·ver·iz·ing, pul·ver·iz·es v.tr. 1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust. 2. To demolish. v.intr. Coal Combustion (PCC PCC prothrombin complex concentrate. ) - Carbon Capture and Storage Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an approach to mitigating global warming by capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from large point sources such as power plants and subsequently storing it instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. - Capture and Separation of Carbon Dioxide - Storage and Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide - Economics and Research and Development - Industry Initiatives - Clean Coal Power Initiative - Clean Coal Technology Program - Coal21 - Outlook - Case Studies For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50596 |
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