07.01.2007 | Kennedy Maize
Synfuels’ political bubble has burst in Washington, but the market may step in where Congress fears to tread. When coal industry interests, in the form of the CTL Coalition, got a bill with strong federal support for coal-to-liquids technology before...
07.01.2007 | Dr. Sai Gollakota (sai.gollakota@netl.doe.gov) is a project manager with NETL. Charles Bullinger (cbullinger@grenergy.com) is a senior principal engin
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Great River Energy are testing a new coal-drying technology that could dramatically reduce the emissions of lignite-burning power plants. The project was selected for funding during Round I of the DOE’s Clean Coal...
07.01.2007 | Dr. Robert Peltier, PE, Editor-in-Chief
Former Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen once observed, "A billion here and a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money." The same can be said about skyrocketing estimated costs of integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC)...
07.01.2007 | Alice Landers is a communications representative in Westar Energy’s Corporate Communications department.
Lawrence Energy Center (LEC) proudly hosted about 60 representatives of the Powder River Basin Coal Users’ Group (PRBCUG) at its July 24th open house, luncheon, and plant tour. LEC was named the PRBCUG’s 2007 Plant of the Year at this year’s...
07.01.2007 | By Douglas J. Smith, IEng
The 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act require coal-fired power plants to reduce their emissions of the pollutant SO2. To do so, many have switched to, or are considering switching to, Powder River Basin (PRB) coal. Unfortunately, PRB coal has a tendency to leave excessive and tenacious deposits on boiler heat-exchange surfaces. Complicating the problem, the distribution of the deposits is far from uniform....
07.01.2007 | Charles E. Miller (charles.miller@netl.doe.gov) is a project manager in NETL’s Environment & Climate Division (ECD). Thomas J. Feeley III (t
Are you using your flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system to its highest potential? You might not be if you’re not making it do double duty. It seems that million-dollar wet scrubber you installed to rid your flue gases of sulfur dioxide also can do a...
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