Power generation technologies /
| Основен автор: | Breeze, Paul A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford :
Newnes,
2005.
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Print version::
Power generation technologies. |
Съдържание:
- Cover
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- 1 Introduction to electricity generation
- History of the electricity generation industry
- The evolution of electricity generation technologies
- The politics of electricity
- The size of the industry
- End notes
- 2 Environmental considerations
- The evolution of environmental awareness
- The environmental effects of power generation
- The carbon cycle and atmospheric warming
- Controlling carbon dioxide
- The hydrogen economy
- Externalities
- Life-cycle assessment
- The bottom line
- End notes
- 3 Coal-fired power plants
- Types of coal
- Coal cleaning and processing
- Traditional coal-burning power plant technology
- Boiler technology
- Steam turbine design
- Generators
- Emission control for traditional coal-burning plants
- Coal treatment
- Low nitrogen oxides burners
- Sulphur dioxide removal
- Nitrogen oxides capture strategies
- Combined sulphur and nitrogen oxides removal
- Particulate removal
- Mercury removal
- Carbon dioxide
- Advanced coal-burning power plant technology
- Fluidised-bed combustion
- Integrated-gasification combined cycle
- Environmental effects of coal combustion
- Financial risks associated with coal-fired power generation
- The cost of coal-fired electricity generation
- End notes
- 4 Gas turbines and combined cycle power plants
- Natural gas
- Natural gas costs
- Gas turbine technology
- Modern gas turbine design
- Advanced gas turbine design
- Reheating
- Intercooling
- Mass injection
- Recuperation
- Distributed generation
- Combined cycle power plants
- Micro turbines
- Environmental impact of gas turbines
- Nitrogen oxides
- Carbon dioxide
- Carbon monoxide and particulates
- Financial risks associated with gas-turbine-based power projects
- Technological risk
- Fuel risk
- The cost of gas turbine power stations
- End notes
- 5 Combined heat and power
- History
- Applications
- CHP technology
- Piston engines
- Steam turbines
- Gas turbines
- Micro turbines
- Fuel cells
- Nuclear power
- Environmental considerations
- Noise
- Heat
- Energy efficiency
- Financial risks
- Cost of CHP
- End notes
- 6 Piston-engine-based power plants
- Piston engine technology
- Engine size and speed
- Spark-ignition engines
- Compression engines
- Dual fuel engines
- Stirling engines
- Co-generation
- Combined cycle
- Environmental considerations
- Emission control
- Carbon dioxide
- Financial risks
- Costs
- End notes
- 7 Fuel cells
- The fuel cell principle
- Fuel cell chemistry
- Catalysts
- Hydrocarbon gas reformation
- Types of fuel cell
- Phosphoric acid fuel cell
- Proton-exchange membrane fuel cell
- Molten carbonate fuel cells
- Solid oxide fuel cells
- Environmental considerations
- Financial risks
- Fuel cell costs
- End notes
- 8 Hydropower
- The hydropower resource
- Hydro sites
- Dams and.