附註:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 -- P
摘要:Paul Breeze provides a concise and readable description of the spectrum of different power generation technologies available today, from traditional fossil fuels and the better established renewables such as wind and solar power, to emerging renewable such as biomass and geothermal energy. Technology solutions such as combined heat and power, and distributed generation are also explored. However, this book is more than just an account of the technologies - for each method the author explores the economic and environmental costs and risk factors. Those involved in planning and.
