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Fossil Fuel Emissions Control Technologies

May 2015

Intermediate to advanced

514 pages

16h 16m

English

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1.1 Organization of this book1.2 Overview of energy usage in the United States1.3 Fossil fuel usage in boilers for heat and power production1.4 Characteristics and composition of fossil fuels1.5 Air emissions from fossil fuel usageReferences
2.1 History of legislative action for fossil fuel-fired stationary heat and power plants
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3.1 Introduction3.2 Particle formation and characterization3.3 Mechanisms of particulate collection3.4 Particulate control technologies3.5 Economics of particulate matter controlReferences

4.1 Introduction4.2 Chemistry of sulfur oxide (SO2/SO3) formation4.3 Sulfur dioxide control4.4 Techniques to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions4.5 Economics of flue gas desulfurizationReferences
5.1 Introduction5.2 NOx formation mechanisms5.3 NOx control technologies5.4 Economics of NOX reduction/removalReferences
6.1 Introduction6.2 Mercury in fossil fuels6.3 Mercury chemistry6.4 Mercury emissions from stationary heat and power systems6.5 Technologies for mercury control6.6 Cost estimates to control mercury emissionsReferences
7.1 Introduction7.2 Environmental and health effects of organic and inorganic hazardous air pollutants7.3 Trace elements/hazardous organic compounds/halogens in fossil fuels7.4 Formation and emissions of acid gases7.5 Formation and emissions of organic compounds7.6 Characteristics and emissions of trace elements7.7 Control technologies7.8 Economics of control technologiesReferences
8.1 Introduction8.2 Environmental and health effects8.3 Greenhouse gas emissions8.4 CO2 capture/reduced emissions technologies8.5 Transport of CO28.6 CO2 storage8.7 Economics of CO2 capture and storage8.8 Monitoring, verification, accounting, and assessmentReferences
B.1 Coal-fired emission factorsB.2 Fuel oil emission factorsB.3 Natural gas combustion emission factorsB.4 Liquefied petroleum gas combustion emission factorsB.5 Stationary gas turbines emission factors