Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Generation
Subtitle: Case studies of recently constructed coal- and gas-fired power plants
By: International Energy Agency
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]:
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9789264039094
Subjects: Force and energy; Power (Mechanics); Power resources
Description: To meet future energy demand growth and replace older or inefficient units, a large number of fossil fuel-fired plants will need to bebuilt worldwide in the next decade. Yet CO2 emissions from fossil-fired power generation are a major contributor to climate change. As a result, new plants must be designed and operated at highest efficiency. The case studies in this report respond to a request to the IEA from the G8 Summit in July 2005  to illustrate the degree of efficiency now achieved in modern plants in different parts of the world using various grades of fossil fuels. The plants were selected from different geographical areas, because local factors influence attainable efficiency.  The results of these analyses show that the technologies for high efficiency (low CO2 emissions) and very low conventional pollutant emissions (particulates, SO2, NOx) from fossil fuel-fired power generation are available now through PCC, IGCC or NGCC at a commercially acceptable cost.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Executive Summary; title: Chapter 2. Designing for High Efficiency; title: Chapter 3. Case Studies and IGCC Technology Review; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 1 – Northern Europe; title: Sea water cooled ultra-supercritical plant; title: Nordjyllandsværket 3, Denmark; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 2 – Northern Europe; title: Lignite-fired, inland ultra-supercritical PCC plant; title: Niederaussem K, Germany; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 3 – North America; title: Sub-bituminous coal-fired, inland supercritical plant; title: Genesee 3, Canada; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 4 – Asia; title: Bituminous coal-fired, coastal ultra-supercritical plant; title: Isogo New Unit 1, Japan; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 5 – Asia; title: Bituminous coal-fired, coastal supercritical PCC plant; title: Younghung Thermal Power Plant, Republic of Korea; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 6 – Asia; title: Clean coal-fired, inland supercritical PCC plant; title: Wangqu 1 and 2, China; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 7 – Asia; title: High ash bituminous coal-fired, inland PCC plant; title: Suratgarh, India; title: COAL-FIRED PLANT 8 – Africa; title: High ash bituminous coal-fired PCC plant with dry and wet cooling; title: Majuba, South Africa; title: NATURAL GAS-FIRED PLANT – Europe; title: Enfield, United Kingdom; title: IGCC TECHNOLOGY REVIEW; title: Chapter 4. Review of Case Studies and Conclusions; title: Appendix A. Data Enquiry Questionnaire; title: Appendix B. Acronyms and Abbreviations