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Solid fuel types for energy generation
Coal and fossil carbon-derivative solid fuels
Panagiotis Grammelis, Nikolaos Margaritis, and Emmanouil Karampinis Centre for Research & Technology Hellas/Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CERTH/CPERI), Ptolemaida, Greece
Abstract
Coal plays a decisive role in world energy production as coal-fired plants are responsible for 41% of the global power generation. Rapid industrialization and the worldwide growing energy demands have increased the utilization of coal, as it remains a relative cheap fuel, not associated with market shock prices or geopolitical turbulence. Based on the current production rates, coal reserves will be sufficient for more than 130 years. Different types of coal are utilized ...
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