Power Generation from Solid Fuels

• Main Author: Spliethoff, Hartmut. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010.
• Series: Power Systems,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production of electric energy or power.; Electric engineering.; Renewable energy sources.; Engineering economy.; Energy Technology.; Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Energy Economics.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02856-4

Power Generation from Solid Fuels introduces the different technologies to produce heat and power from solid fossil (hard coal, brown coal) and renewable (biomass, waste) fuels, such as combustion and gasification, steam power plants and combined cycles etc. The book discusses technologies with rega...

Table of Contents:

• Motivation
• Solid Fuels
• Thermodynamics Fundamentals
• Steam Power Stations for Electricity and Heat Generation
• Combustion Systems for Solid Fossil Fuels
• Power Generation from Biomass and Waste
• Coal-Fuelled Combined Cycle Power Plants
• Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).