power plant air quality News
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New coal plants with 15 year life are economically and environmentally attractive
Recent reports to the contrary, new coal-fired plants are both economically and environmentally attractive compared to operating existing coal-fired plants or replacing them with alternative energy generation. This is the conclusion reached by McIlvaine Company in its new 'CO2 Decisions' which is one of the Decision Trees in Power Plant Air Quality Decisions. Existing coal-fired plants are ...
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Air Pollution Control Second Only To Fuel In Cost Of Operating Coal-fired Power Plant
Operators of coal-fired power plants are making critical decisions relative to air pollution control which will greatly effect their competitive position and/or the costs for rate payers. In the 1970s a coal-fired plant could spend 2-3 mills/kWh for owning and operating an electrostatic precipitator and opacity monitor. Today the costs for particulate, SO2, NOx and toxic control can be more ...
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Coal-fired Power Plant Becomes A “Green” Chemical Producer
Coal-fired power plants can become major producers of hydrochloric acid and calcium chloride in a win-win situation. Environmental emissions from the power plant including mercury are reduced. Environmental emissions from hydrochloric acid manufacture are eliminated. The net cost of electricity goes down instead of up. These are the conclusions reached by the McIlvaine Company in its online, ...
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Clean Coal Is Available Now
Balancing energy costs with environmental goals is becoming increasingly difficult, but there are a number of promising opportunities which will make the achievement of this balance possible. These opportunities are analyzed by the McIlvaine Company in its Power Plant Air Quality Decisions service. The reality is that 50 percent of U.S. power is being produced in coal-fired plants. ...
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Utilizing the Excess Coal-fired Boiler Talent in the U.S.
The U.S. is not building new coal-fired power plants and will be shutting down nearly 70,000 MW of existing power plants. There is uncertainty regarding the remaining 190,000 MW depending on clean power regulations. The result of this shrinkage is a large excess of coal-fired boiler talent in the country. Two options for beneficial use are to channel this talent into: Other types of power ...
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Biomass Will Make Coal-fired Power Plants Greener
The U.S. should follow the European lead and burn more biomass in coal-fired boilers. Big equivalent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions would be achieved according to the McIlvaine Company in its Power Plant Air Quality Decisions online system. In the U.K. one of the world’s largest coal-fired power plants, (Drax), announced recently that 10 percent of the fuel input will come from biomass. ...
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Burn Waste PVC in Coal-fired Boilers and Solve Multiple Environmental Problems
Coal-fired power plants can add PVC scrap to their coal and make byproduct hydrochloric acid. The result would be elimination of mercury both from coal-fired stacks as well as from the obsolesced chlorine manufacturing facilities. There would also be greenhouse gas benefits and elimination of the environmental problems associated with disposing of millions of tons of waste PVC. These are the ...
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AMETEK Land ‘Power Insider Asia’ Interview – Air Quality of Power Facilities in Asia
Power Insider Asia speaks with Derek Stuart, Global Product Manager for combustion and environmental monitoring products at AMETEK Land to discuss some of the implications in the air quality of power facilities in Asia. Air quality control systems are required for a healthy indoor and outdoor environment. These systems make it possible for industries to comply with national pollution control ...
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Benefit of emission reduction in coal-fired power plants demonstrated with environmental burden index
Coal-fired power plant operators can make substantial reductions in actual greenhouse gases and huge reductions in other emissions. Operating costs would be reduced while the cost of electricity and life cycle costs would not increase. The large investment to accomplish this would greatly boost the U.S. economy. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in its just completed analysis: ...
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