reducing gaseous emissions of NOx,SO2 and CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and for reducing costs associated with these … expensive alternatives, cofiring has gained popularity with the electric utility producers. This paper discusses the ‘gaseous … emission characteristics namely NOx,SO2, suspended particulate matter and other characteristics like specific fuel consumption …

development of low-cost, low water-consuming flue gas desulfurization technologies, low-cost technologies for reducing NOx …

mean CO concentrations, gas temperatures and temperature gradient are higher, and the mean concentrations of O2 and NOx in …

mandates) and location (e.g. biomass availability, infrastructure) variables on the likelihood of using biomass in cofiring …-level renewable energy portfolio standards showed no statistically significant effect on the adoption of cofiring biomass with coal …. Further developments of biomass cofiring in the U.S. northern region are most likely to take place in the Great Lakes region. …

: biomass-only fired power plants, or cofiring in an existing coal power plant. Among other factors, two important aspects …One way of producing nearly CO2 free electricity is by using biomass as a combustible. In many cases, removal of CO2 in … biomass grown is almost the same as the emissions for the bioelectricity production at the power plant. For this reason …

indigenous resources and increase fuel mix diversity. The Irish government has introduced a target of 30% cofiring of peat and … biomass by 2015. This paper assesses the feasibility of achieving this target by calculating the available indigenous biomass … target by combining national resources with imported biomass this is never the least cost option, and as a result the …

Algae cofiring scenarios in a 360 MW coal power plant were studied utilizing an ecologically based hybrid life cycle … were also quantified to assess the sustainability of cofiring scenarios from a holistic perspective. The analysis results … revealed that cumulative mass and ecological exergy consumption were higher for algae cofiring compared to single coal firing …