Boiler Briquette Coal versus Raw Coal: Part II-Energy, Greenhouse Gas, and Air Quality Implications.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

The objective of this paper is to conduct an integrated analysis of the energy, greenhouse gas, and air quality impacts of a new type of boiler briquette coal (BB-coal) in contrast to those of the raw coal from which the BB-coal was formulated (R-coal). The analysis is based on the source emissions data and other relevant data collected in the present study and employs approaches including the construction of carbon, energy, and sulfur balances. The results show that replacing R-coal with BB-coal as the fuel for boilers such as the one tested would have multiple benefits, including a 37% increase in boiler thermal efficiency, a 25% reduction in fuel demand, a 26% reduction in CO2 emission, a 17% reduction in CO emission, a 63% reduction in SO2 emission, a 97% reduction in fly ash and fly ash carbon emission, a 22% reduction in PM2.5 mass emission, and a 30% reduction in total emission of five toxic hazardous air pollutant (HAP) metals contained in PM10 . These benefits can be achieved with no changes in boiler hardware and with a relatively small amount of tradeoffs: a 30% increase in PM10 mass emission and a 9-16% increase in fuel cost.

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Duke Authors

Cited Authors

  • Zhang, J; Ge, S; Bai, Z

Published Date

  • April 2001

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 51 / 4

Start / End Page

  • 534 - 541

PubMed ID

  • 28072240

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 2162-2906

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1096-2247

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/10473289.2001.10464294

Language

  • eng