Reassessing the Efficiency Penalty from Carbon Capture in Coal-Fired Power Plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 12576-12584

  Supekar, Sarang D ^a   Skerlos, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MASS TRANSPORTATION; STEAM POWER PLANTS; WIND POWER;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; LEVELIZED COST OF ELECTRICITIES; NATURAL GAS COMBINED CYCLES; POLLUTANT EMISSION; POST-COMBUSTION CO; PULVERIZED COALS; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; NATURAL GAS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMBUSTION; COST ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL GAS; WIND POWER;

ARTICLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL POWER; COST; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; WATER VAPOR; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; WIND;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL; ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOT TEMPERATURE; NATURAL GAS; POWER PLANTS; WIND;

EID: 84945299020     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03052     Document Type: Article

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