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Title Clean coal / Klaes G. Douwe, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations
Series Renewable energy: research, development and policies series
Renewable energy.
Contents CLEAN COAL; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CAPTURING CO2 FROM COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION: COAL AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; BACKGROUND: WHAT IS CARBON CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT IS ITS STATUS?; Post-Combustion CO2 Capture; Monoethanolamine (MEA); Chilled Ammonia (Alstom); Ammonia (Powerspan); Pre-combustion CO2 Capture; Combustion CO2 Capture; DOE-Supported Technology Development; ROLES FOR GOVERNMENT; THE NEED FOR A DEMAND-PULL MECHANISM; APPROACHES TO A DEMAND-PULL MECHANISM; Creating Demand Through a Regulatory Requirement: An Example from the SO2 New Source Performance Standards
The Possibility of Failure: The Synthetic Fuels CorporationIMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION; End Notes; CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY HEARING; OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JEFF BINGAMAN, U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW MEXICO; STATEMENT OF CARL O. BAUER, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; Prepared Statement of Carl O. Bauer, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy; Energy Issues Facing the United States; Energy Affordability and Supply Security; Environmental Quality; How is DOE Responding to the Issues; Role of Public Investment in R & D
Private-Sector R & D IssuesClean Coal Technology; Demonstration Program; Future Demonstration Program; Core Coal R & D Program; Advanced Research; Advanced Turbines; Carbon Sequestration; Fuel Cells; Futuregen; Gasification; Hydrogen and Fuels; Innovations for Existing Plants; Conclusion; STATEMENT OF JERRY HOLLINDEN, REPRESENTATIVE, THE NATIONAL COAL COUNCIL; Prepared Statement of Jerry Hollinden, Representative, the National Coal Council; STATEMENT OF JEFFREY N. PHILLIPS, PROGRAM MANAGER, ADVANCED COAL GENERATION, ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHARLOTTE, NC
Prepared Statement of Jeffrey N. Phillips, Ph. D., Program Manager, Advanced Coal Generation, Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, NCIntroduction; Background; Accelerating RD & D on Advanced Coal Technologies With CO2 Capture and Storage-Investment and Time Requirements; Reducing CO2 Emissions Through Improved Coal Power Plant Efficiency; New Plant Efficiency Improvements-IGCC; New Plant Efficiency Improvements-Advanced Pulverized Coal; Improving CO2 Capture Technologies; Pre-Combustion CO2 Capture (IGCC); Post-Combustion CO2 Capture (PC and CFB Plants); Oxy-Fuel Combustion Boilers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-211) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Clean coal technologies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Pollution Control.
Clean coal technologies
Form Electronic book
Author Douwe, Klaes G.
ISBN 9781613242216
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