Synopses & Reviews
The need for more efficient, cleaner and productive coal power plants means that new materials and designs must be developed that will operate at much higher temperatures, especially in countries where coal will remain one of the major energy resources in the future. The editor and contributors provide a comprehensive reference on the developments, materials, design and operation of ultra-supercritical power plants. The opening section addresses operating environments, materials and engineering of ultra-supercritical coal power plants. The chapters that follow review key methods to improve ultra-supercritical coal power plant performance and optimize operations.
Synopsis
The continued use of coal as a means of generating electricity and an increasing demand for cleaner, more efficient energy production has led to advances in power plant technology. Ultra-supercritical coal power plants reviews the engineering, operation, materials and performance of ultra-supercritical coal power plants.
Following a chapter introducing advanced and ultra-supercritical coal power plants, part one goes on to explore the operating environments, materials and engineering of ultra-supercritical coal power plants. Chapters discuss the impacts of steam conditions on plant materials and operation, fuel considerations and burner design, and materials and design for boilers working under supercritical steam conditions. Chapters in part two focus on improving ultra-supercritical coal power plant performance and operability. Ash fouling, deposition and slagging in ultra-supercritical coal power plants are highlighted along with pollution control measures and the estimation, management and extension of the life of ultra-supercritical power plants. Further chapters provide an economic and engineering analysis of a 700C advanced ultra-supercritical pulverised coal power plant and discuss CO2 capture-ready ultra-supercritical coal power plants.
Ultra-supercritical coal power plants is a comprehensive technical reference for power plant operators and engineers, high-temperature materials scientists, professionals in the power industry who require an understanding of ultra-supercritical coal power plants and researchers and academics interested in the field.
- Provides a comprehensive reference on the developments, materials, design and operation of ultra-supercritical power plant
- Considers the degradation issues affecting this type of plant, as well as emissions control and CO2 capture technology; improved plant controls critical to improved operation and environmental performance
- Contains operational assessments for plant safety, plant life management, and plant economics
About the Author
Dongke Zhang is Winthrop Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and Director of the UWS's Centre for Energy. He has conducted extensive research into fuel processing and conversion, and combustion science and technology with a specific focus on coal, natural gas and bioenergy.
Table of Contents
Introduction to advanced and ultra-supercritical fossil fuel power plants
Part 1 Operating environments, materials and engineering of ultra-supercritical coal power plants: Impacts of steam conditions on plant materials and operation in ultra-supercritical coal power plants; Fuel considerations and burner design for ultra-supercritical power plants; Materials for boilers operating under supercritical steam conditions; Boiler design for ultra-supercritical coal power plants
Part 2 Improving ultra-supercritical coal power plant performance: Ash fouling, deposition and slagging in ultra-supercritical coal power plants; Emissions from ultra-supercritical power plants and pollution control measures; Estimation, management and extension of the life of ultra-supercritical power plants; An economic and engineering analysis of a 700°C advanced ultra-supercritical pulverized coal power plant; CO2 capture-ready ultra-supercritical coal power plants