Woodhead Publishing Advances in Ultra-low Emission Control Technologies for Coal-Fired Power Plants (Woodhead Publishing Series in Energy)

While energy generation around the world transitions to a cleaner, renewables dominated, energy mix, coal power generation will continue to provide a large proportion of utility around the world. As coal-fired power plants exhaust a number of pollutants there is an imperative need to develop and implement methods and technologies to manage and reduce them. Editors Zhang, Wang and Pan are at the centre of the pioneering work and research behind the development of ultra-low emission control technologies being implemented in power plants in China, which, if implemented in all coal-fired power plants have the potential to reduce dust, SO2 and NOx emissions by over 90%. Advances of Ultra-Low Emission Control Technologies for Coal-Fired Power Plants discusses the emissions standards of dust, SO2, NOx and mercury pollution throughout the world and presents the key technologies available to control emissions in coal-fired power plants. The practical effects of ultra-low emissions projects are also presented to ensure the reader is aware of all related implications on the plants, with emphasis placed on 300MW subcritical, 600MW subcritical, 660MW supercritical and 1000MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired units. The influence of different pollutant control units such as wet electrostatic precipitator, desulfurization equipment and electrostatic precipitator are also analysed, and the pollutant levels before and after the retrofitted ultra-low emissions are compared throughout. Provides a unique analysis of advanced technologies such as dust-removal, desulfurization and denitrification used for ultra-low emissions in coal-fired power plants Introduces emission standards for dust, SO2, NOx and Mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants in China, the US and Europe, and provides solutions to reducing these emissions based on technological advances in China Analyses the environmental and economic effects of these technologies Review Provides a complete analysis of pioneering technologies to drastically reduce emissions from existing coal-fired power plants by over 90% About the Author Professor Zhang began his career as a Technician at Labor Industrial Company of Shanxi Province, China, before working as a Post-doctoral research fellow at Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy Sciences. He lectured at the Faculty of School of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China Electric Power University, and is now an Associate Professor specializing in Mechanical, Environmental Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He has published over 400 journals across Elsevier journals such as Fuel and Journal of Environmental Sciences. Dr. Wang received the B.E. and Ph.D. degrees from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China in 2010 and 2015, respectively. From 2013 to 2014, He was a Visiting Scholar at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), He is currently a lecturer in North China Electric Power University. His research interests include the applications of plasma for flue gas pollution control, mercury adsorption in thermal power plant. Professor Wei-Ping Pan received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Chung Yuan University, Taiwan and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Michigan Technological University in 1986. Dr. Pan has taught at Western Kentucky University since 1986. Dr. Pan was named the Sumpter Professor of Chemistry at Western in 1993 and was named a Fellow of the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) in 1997. He also received the Distinguished Service Award from NATAS in 2004. Dr. Pan has been selected as the 2008 recipient of the Mettler Award. The award is the NATAS’ highest honor and recognizes distinguished achievement in the field of thermal analysis. Dr. Pan has published more than 140 peer-reviewed papers in the last 20 years, the majority of which are related to coal combustion and emissions, and materials character