Thermal power plants : economics, advantages and performance assessment / Oliver Hill, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Oliver, 1983- editor.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy science, engineering and technology

Standardized Title:

Thermal power plants (2017)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steam power plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, [2017]

Summary:

In order to further understand the transfer processes of radionuclides from soil and air to plants in tropical areas affected by coal mining and burning, the absorption of 234U, 238U and 210Po by ferns, lichens, mosses, soybean, wheat, pine and eucalyptus cultivated around a coal-fired power plant and coal mining area in southern Brazil was evaluated in Chapter One. In Chapter Two, the authors show how biomethanisation of biogas by primary and secondary treatment of activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) can be used as an alternative to fossil fuels. Chapter Three applies a statistical methodology in order to distribute the consumption during the production cycle so that it is affected as less as possible.

Contents:

Using biomonitorsto evaluate soil and air pollutionby natural radionuclidesin thermal power plant and coal mining areas / Juliana A. Galhardi, Daniel M. Bonotto, Rafael García-Tenorio,Inmaculada D. Francés and João G. MottaChapter

A biogas energy recovery system based on the joint use of a heat engine and sewage water / Antonio Colmenar-Santos, Gloria Zarzuelo-Puch, David Borge-Diezand Enrique Rosales Asensio

Production/demand matching by using a tri-generation system in a combined cycle / Antonio Colmenar-Santos, Carlos Cuviella-Suárez, David Borge-Diez and Enrique Rosales Asensio.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5361-2326-9