Experimental study on effects of operating conditions and fuel quality on thermal efficiency and emission performance of a 300-MW boiler unit firing Thai lignite

Fuel Processing Technology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-206

  Tanetsakunvatana, V ^a   Kuprianov, V I ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Boiler efficiency; CO2, CO, NOx, SO2 and PM; Emission rate; Power plant; Specific emission

Indexed keywords

DESULFURIZATION; HEAT LOSSES; HEATING; LIGNITE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STANDARDS;

BOILER EFFICIENCY; EMISSION RATE; PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) EMISSIONS; SPECIFIC EMISSIONS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

BOILER FIRING;

EID: 33846852236     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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