Coal in the 21st Century
Energy Needs, Chemicals and Environmental Controls
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The long-term future for coal looks bleak. The recent UN climate change conference in Paris called for an end to the use of fossil fuels. However, coal remains one of the world's most important sources of energy, fuelling more than 40% of electricity generation worldwide, with many developing nations relying almost wholly on coal-fuelled electricity.
Coal has been the fastest growing energy source in recent years and is essential for many industrial activities, but the coal industry is hugely damaging for the environment. A major driver in climate change and causing around 40% of the world's carbon dioxide emissions, coal fuel comes at a high environmental price. Furthermore, mining and air pollution kill thousands each year.
A timely addition to the series, this book critically reviews the role of coal in the 21st century, examining energy needs, usage and health implications. With case studies and an examination of future developments and economics, this text provides an essential update on an environmental topic the world cannot ignore.
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- Accidents, coal waste related, 105
- Acid
- mine drainage (AMD), 8, 40, 46
- rain, 118, 165
- Advanced
- combined cycle turbines, 88
- combustion technologies, 62
- Air
- capture, 209, 210
- pollution, 50, 60, 62, 81–83, 92, 117, 123
- control technologies, 123
- quality, 83, 108
- separation unit (ASU), 74
- Airborne coal ash, 131
- Alzheimer's disease, 115
- Amine scrubbing, 201–203, 206, 207, 211
- Anthracite, 3, 4, 107, 153, 174
- Anthropogenic
- carbon dioxide burden, 202
- emissions, 199
- Aromatic nature of coal, 175, 176
- Ash settling ponds, 129
- Atherosclerosis, 115
- Auger mining, 38
- Backfilling, 36
- Barges, 49
- Bench, 33–35
- face, 34
- floor, 34
- slope angle, 34
- width, 34
- safety, 34
- Beneficial reuse of coal ash, 126
- Beneficiation, 61, 63
- Benson boiler, 71
- Best system of emissions reduction (BSER), 157, 159
- Bicarbonate cycle, 208
- Bioaccumulation, 120
- Bio-CCS technology, 209
- Biodiversity loss, 41
- Biofuel refinery, 194
- Biomass, 64, 65, 88, 178, 194, 201, 202, 204, 208, 209
- co-firing, 88
- firing, 204
- gasification, 202
- gasif...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Editors
- List of Contributors
- World Energy Needs: A Role for Coal in the Energy Mix
- Coal Mining
- Coal-fired Power Stations
- The Life Cycle of Coal and Associated Health Impacts
- The State of Coal Regulation Around the World: Insights from the United States, China, Germany and India
- Liquid Fuels and Chemical Feedstocks
- Carbon Capture and Storage and Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
- Subject Index