Stationary Internal Combustion Engines

In 2007, the USEPA issued a rule to reduce emissions of criteria and air toxic pollutants from stationary internal combustion engines. These engines are used at facilities such as power plants and chemical and manufacturing plants to generate electricity and power pumps and compressors. They are also used in emergencies to produce electricity and to pump water for flood and fire control. In shale gas fracking, stationary internal combustion engines are used for prime movers to run the main power source of 

Note that combustion emissions associated with other streams (i.e., production, processing, and transmission/distribution) in the life cycle are difficult to estimate without details of site equipment and fuel usage data (Santoro et al., 2011). 

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PGM catalyst technology can also be appHed to the control of emissions from stationary internal combustion engines and gas turbines. Catalysts have been designed to treat carbon monoxide, unbumed hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides in the exhaust, which arise as a result of incomplete combustion. To reduce or prevent the formation of NO in the first place, catalytic combustion technology based on platinum or palladium has been developed, which is particularly suitable for appHcation in gas turbines. Environmental legislation enacted in many parts of the world has promoted, and is expected to continue to promote, the use of PGMs in these appHcations. 

Stationary Internal Combustion Engines air/fuel adjustment, ignition timing retard, prestratified charge, NSCR, and SCR. 

Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association, Emission Control Technology ftn Stationary Internal Combustion Engines , Status report (1997) 1. 

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Nitric oxide, NO, results from high-temperature combustion, both in stationary sources such as power plants or industrial plants in the production of process heat and in internal combustion engines in vehicles. The NO is oxidized in the atmosphere, usually rather slowly, or more rapidly if there is ozone present, to nitrogen dioxide, NO2. NO2 also reacts further with other constituents, forming nitrates, which is also in fine parhculate form. 

The introduction of the internal combustion engine in the late nineteenth century opened up an entirely new approach to combined heat and power. Rather than using the same fluid for the heat and power process as was the case with hot air and steam processes, the tremendous waste heat generated by the internal combustion process can easily be transformed into useful heat. Cogeneration applications using stationary engines were common in Europe prior to World War I and remain quite popular because the heat is relatively... 

The speed of the structural change will also be determined by the competition between internal combustion engines and fuel-cell propulsion systems. Measures to reduce fuel consumption and emissions may cause additional development and investments in the technical performance of combustion engines, reduce the advantages of fuel-cell applications, and slow down the diffusion of the mobile or even the stationary fuel cell. 

The classes of major primary pollutants that are important in urban areas are listed in Table 2-1. The pollutants most responsible for oxidant formation in the air are the nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, aldehydes, and carbon monoxide. The internal-combustion engine is a major source of emission of these primary pollutants, although many stationary sources. 

The final step in the hydrogen flow through a hydrogen based economy is consumption for useful work. While internal combustion engine technology has been known for some time, the major research effort is on fuel cells. Fuel cells also date to the 19 century, but application has only been likely with recent improvements in power density. While increasingly sophisticated stationary and mobile fuel cells have been fielded over the last 10 years, durability and cost have inhibited wide scale production in mobile applications. 

The main use of CcOj and ceria based compounds is in depollution of noxious species from gaseous stream originating either from stationary or mobile source. The majority of studies deals with the application of ceria as an oxygen storage in TWCs and in the development of novel technologies for the treatment of emissions from diesel and spark ignited internal combustion engines [1,2]. 

Polymer electrolyte-based fuel cells are emerging as attractive energy conversion systems suitable for use in many industrial applications, starting from a few milliwatts for portables to several kilowatts for stationary and automotive applications. The ability of polymer electrolyte fuel cells to offer high chemical to electrical fuel efficiency and almost zero emissions in comparison to today s prevailing technology based on internal combustion engines (ICEs) makes them an indispensable option as environmental concerns rise [1-6]. 

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