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Industry Attitudes to Combined Cycle Clean Coal Technologies- Survey of Current Status | |
| 1994 | ||
| Size: 2792 KB | ||
| Table of Contents | ISBN: 92-64-14231-2 | |
| No. of Pages: 40 | ||
| Download the PDF | Type of Document: Study (Book) | |
This publication singles out coal burning technologies that will improve environmental performance of coal, particularly those used for power generation. Beyond the evolutions of the well-established steam cycle approach aimed at achieving higher thermal efficiency and lower emissions, other approaches use technologies that are essentially new to the coal-fired generating sector. A major area of development is the combined cycle technologies in which high thermal efficiencies are achieved alongside emission levels approaching those of natural gas fuelled generation by coupling gas turbine technology, waste heat recovery and steam turbines with the latest advanced coal combustor design. The need to improve the environmental performance of coal burning technologies, particularly those used for power generation, is now recognised widely. Despite the growth in many countries of natural gas fuelled generation, and in certain countries of nuclear and renewable energy supplies, coal accounts for some 29% of world primary energy and nearly half of the fuel input in thermal power stations. This report summarises current industry attitudes to the deployment of combined cycle clean technologies as expressed by senior executives of electricity utilities, coal producers and combustion equipment manufacturers, most of whom are members of the Coal Industry Advisory Board. Established in 1979, the Board advises the IEA on developments affecting the supply of coal and its utilisation. |
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