[PDF] Fbc Technology And The Environmental Challenge eBook

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Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 35,30 MB
Release : 1991-11
Category : Art
ISBN :

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FBC Technology and the Environmental Challenge includes 37 papers from 14 different countries, reviewing fluidized bed combustion developments worldwide and reflecting concerns about the potential impact of fossil fuel combustion upon the environment. Topics included are: Large plant experience Fundamentals - fluidization and emissions science Emissions performance Advanced cycles The development and demonstration of systems with good environmental performance for both industrial and utility applications, and the current international development programmes for advanced high efficiency clean coal fluidized bed utility systems, are covered in detail. Presenting the latest developments in the field, FBC Technology and the Environmental Challenge will be invaluable to all engineers, scientists, manufacturers and users of fluidized bed combustion systems. FBC Technology and the Environmental Challenge contains the papers presented at the Institute of Energy conference, London, UK, 10-11 December 1991.

Author : M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 17,47 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1461507731

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As we are moving ahead into the 21st century, our hunger for cost effective and environmentally friendly energy continues to grow. The Energy Information Administration of US has forecasted that only in the first two decades of the 21st century, our energy demand will increase by 60% compared to the levels at the end of the 20th century. Fossil fuels have been traditionally the major primary energy sources worldwide, and their role is expected to continue growing for the forecasted period, due to their inherent cost competitiveness compared to non-fossil fuel energy sources. However, the current fossil energy scenario is undergoing significant transformations, especially to accommodate increasingly stringent environmental challenges of contaminants like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides or mercury, while still providing affordable energy. Furthermore, traditional fossil fuel utilization is inherently plagued with greenhouse gas emissions from combustion, especially carbon dioxide from stationary sources as well as from mobile sources. Should worldwide government policies dictate a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, such as proposed by the Kyoto Protocol and the implementation of carbon taxes, fossil fuels would lose their significant competitive appeal in favor of nuclear energy and renewable energy sources. However, the current non-fossil fuel energy share of the worldwide energy market is merely below 15%, and therefore, it is more likely that fossil fuel energy producers would adapt to the new requirements by developing and implementing emission control technologies, and emission trades among other strategies.

Author : Fabrizio Scala
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1091 pages
File Size : 30,45 MB
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0857098802

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Fluidized bed (FB) combustion and gasification are advanced techniques for fuel flexible, high efficiency and low emission conversion. Fuels are combusted or gasified as a fluidized bed suspended by jets with sorbents that remove harmful emissions such as SOx. CO2 capture can also be incorporated. Fluidized bed technologies for near-zero emission combustion and gasification provides an overview of established FB technologies while also detailing recent developments in the field. Part one, an introductory section, reviews fluidization science and FB technologies and includes chapters on particle characterization and behaviour, properties of stationary and circulating fluidized beds, heat and mass transfer and attrition in FB combustion and gasification systems. Part two expands on this introduction to explore the fundamentals of FB combustion and gasification including the conversion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, pollutant emission and reactor design and scale up. Part three highlights recent advances in a variety of FB combustion and gasification technologies before part four moves on to focus on emerging CO2 capture technologies. Finally, part five explores other applications of FB technology including (FB) petroleum refining and chemical production. Fluidized bed technologies for near-zero emission combustion and gasification is a technical resource for power plant operators, industrial engineers working with fluidized bed combustion and gasification systems and researchers, scientists and academics in the field. Examines the fundamentals of fluidized bed (FB) technologies, including the conversion of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels Explores recent advances in a variety of technologies such as pressurized FB combustion, and the measurement, monitoring and control of FB combustion and gasification Discusses emerging technologies and examines applications of FB in other processes

Author : DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 1995-08
Category : Competition, International
ISBN : 0788121316

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Analyzes the international competitiveness of U.S. industries that are affected by environmental policies: (1) firms that develop & market environmental technologies & services; & (2) companies that must meet U.S. environmental requirements (especially manufacturing firms). Includes trends in the global environmental market, U.S. competitiveness in environmental technologies & services, environmental requirements, cleaner technology, compliance, regulations, incentives, & government support. Photos, figures & graphs.

Author : National Academy of Engineering
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 1989-02-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 030904426X

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Technology and Environment is one of a series of publications designed to bring national attention to issues of the greatest importance in engineering and technology during the 25th year of the National Academy of Engineering. A "paradox of technology" is that it can be both the source of environmental damage and our best hope for repairing such damage today and avoiding it in the future. Technology and Environment addresses this paradox and the blind spot it creates in our understanding of environmental crises. The book considers the proximate causes of environmental damageâ€"machines, factories, cities, and so onâ€"in a larger societal context, from which the will to devise and implement solutions must arise. It helps explain the depth and difficulty of such issues as global warming and hazardous wastes but also demonstrates the potential of technological innovation to have a constructive impact on the planet. With a range of data and examples, the authors cover such topics as the "industrial metabolism" of production and consumption, the environmental consequences of the information era, and design of environmentally compatible technologies.

Author : M. Alvarez Cuenca
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 29,34 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401106177

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Pressurized fluidized bed combustion (PFBC) is one of the newest of the coal-based generation technologies available commercially. This authoritative volume contains an excellent balance of the theoretical and practical aspects of PFBC technology, including economics, the fundamental theory of plant design and sorbent characterization, using the results obtained from a wide range of pilot-scale and full-scale demonstration units