A useful and comprehensive starting point for an engineer wishing to become familiar with conventional coal-fired power plant practice, including modern emission control systems. - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 210; A useful and comprehensive starting point for an engineer wishing to become familiar with conventional coal-fired power plant practice, including modern emission control systems. - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 210; This comprehensive book provides a complete, authoritative, up-to-date reference for all aspects of power plant engineering...should be suitable and of strong appeal to university students, to equipment manufacturers, to utility operators and owners, to system design engineers and to representatives of the variety of local, state and federal government agencies involved in planning and regulation. - INSPEC Science Abstracts

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Engineering Economics.- 3 Thermodynamics and Power Plant Cycle Analysis.- 4 Fossil Fuels.- 5 Coal and Limestone Handling.- 6 Combustion Processes.- 7 Steam Generators.- 8 Steam Turbine Generators.- 9 Steam Cycle Heat Exchangers.- 10 Fans.- 11 Pumps.- 12 Circulating Water Systems.- 13 Cycle Performance Impacts.- 14 Power Plant Atmospheric Emissions Control.- 15 Water Treatment.- 16 Liquid and Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal.- 17 Electrical Systems.- 18 Plant Control Systems.- 19 Site/Plant Arrangements.- 20 Gas Turbines.- 21 Fluidized Bed Combustion.- 22 Resource Recovery.- 23 Nuclear Power.- 24 Emerging Technologies.- 25 Power Plant Planning and Design.- 26 Permitting and Environmental Review Requirements.- Appendix Conversion Table.

A useful and comprehensive starting point for an engineer wishing to become familiar with conventional coal-fired power plant practice, including modern emission control systems. - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 210; A useful and comprehensive starting point for an engineer wishing to become familiar with conventional coal-fired power plant practice, including modern emission control systems. - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 210; This comprehensive book provides a complete, authoritative, up-to-date reference for all aspects of power plant engineering...should be suitable and of strong appeal to university students, to equipment manufacturers, to utility operators and owners, to system design engineers and to representatives of the variety of local, state and federal government agencies involved in planning and regulation. - INSPEC Science Abstracts

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Engineering Economics.- 3 Thermodynamics and Power Plant Cycle Analysis.- 4 Fossil Fuels.- 5 Coal and Limestone Handling.- 6 Combustion Processes.- 7 Steam Generators.- 8 Steam Turbine Generators.- 9 Steam Cycle Heat Exchangers.- 10 Fans.- 11 Pumps.- 12 Circulating Water Systems.- 13 Cycle Performance Impacts.- 14 Power Plant Atmospheric Emissions Control.- 15 Water Treatment.- 16 Liquid and Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal.- 17 Electrical Systems.- 18 Plant Control Systems.- 19 Site/Plant Arrangements.- 20 Gas Turbines.- 21 Fluidized Bed Combustion.- 22 Resource Recovery.- 23 Nuclear Power.- 24 Emerging Technologies.- 25 Power Plant Planning and Design.- 26 Permitting and Environmental Review Requirements.- Appendix Conversion Table.