Electric power generation technology

The cost-performance indicators of the electric power generation technology being offered, as compared to existing conventional and alternative technologies, have the following advantageous features ... 

R. A. Crewdson, W. F. Martin, Jr., D. L. Taylor, and K. Bakhtar,M Evaluation of the Technology and Economics of Extracting Energyfrom Magma Resources for Electric Power Generation, report by Mine Development and Engineering Co., Bakersfield, Calif., 1991. 

It is estimated that this would cost about 8,000 per capita in the United States for 300,000 megawatts of generating capacity to replace the coal consumed in the U.S. for electrical power generation. Post combustion scrubbing is a well known but largely unapplied technology. 

More than 45% of the world s electricity is generated from coal and it is the major fuel for generating electricity worldwide. The known coal reserves in the world are enongh for consnmption for over 215 years, while the known oil reserves are only abont 39 times the world s consumption and the known natural gas reserves are about 63 times the world s consumption level in 1998. Coal is not only plentiful, but also economical. Advanced coal-fired power generation technologies should be developed worldwide to generate at minimnm economic coal, improve thermal efficiency and meet environmental requirements. 

The following is a summary of end-of-pipe treatment technologies commonly employed in the steam electric power generation industry, their objectives, equipment and processes required, and efficiency [12-22]. 

The solid/liquid separation technologies commonly employed in the steam electric power generation industry include the following. 

After an intensive period of R and D on fuel cells in the fifties and early sixties, the present day efforts are centered around one major development under way at United Technologies Corp. (U.S.) where a 1 MW stationary testing unit is now completed and a 4.8 MW demonstration system is under elaboration. Finally, a 27 MW stationary electrical power generating system is due for... 

The paper deals with electrolysis side-stream desalting which offers an alternative solution to the problem of water and salt management in electric power generating plants where blowdown disposal is needed, and where the value of recovered water is considerable. An advanced electrodialysis technology is described. 4 refs, cited. 

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