E-books on Coal Power
Formation and Mining of Coal (ebook)
This book discusses the types of coal, how coal is formed, and the mining of coal. A significant section of this book is devoted to the health and safety of coal mining operations. Special note: This book has information on coal mine safety and reducing black lung not found in any other book or website!! The book also discusses reclamation of surface mines. Note that the Mine Safety Health Administration does not have this information!
Clean Coal Technologies (ebook)
This book will answer all your questions regarding environmental effects from coal power, and provide discussions of the latest clean coal technologies. The first part of the book discusses emission types from coal power and the environmental hazards of each type. Emission types include sulfur, nitrogen, ash, carbon dioxide, and mercury.
The book then explains how each clean coal technology works and the effectiveness of each. The Clean Coal Technologies discussed include: scrubbers, including Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD); Low NOx Burners; Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR); Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion (CFBC); gasification; electrostatic precipitator; washing coal; and planting trees.
Mercury and Coal Power (ebook)
The study of mercury emissions from coal power plants is relatively new. Data is scattered among various research organizations. Technology for mercury capture is currently being developed and tested. This book is the first book which gathers all the latest science of this topic in a single reference.