TY - CHAP
T1 - Environmental issues
T2 - Emissions, pollution control, assessment and management
AU - Nelson, P. F.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Coal utilisation in industry has a long and rich history as a provider of reliable energy for electricity production and industrial processing. The management of environmental issues arising from this use has become an increasingly central concern, and raises challenges for industry as it faces potential impacts on air and water quality, and climate, from the emissions associated with coal combustion and other industrial processes. The concerns include greenhouse gas emissions, acid gases, fine particles, and the leaching of toxic trace elements from ash and slag. In this chapter the nature of the emissions and their impacts, legislative approaches, and emissions and controls are described. Finally some observations on the future of coal use are made, and the impacts of advanced technologies on environmental issues associated with coal use are briefly discussed.
AB - Coal utilisation in industry has a long and rich history as a provider of reliable energy for electricity production and industrial processing. The management of environmental issues arising from this use has become an increasingly central concern, and raises challenges for industry as it faces potential impacts on air and water quality, and climate, from the emissions associated with coal combustion and other industrial processes. The concerns include greenhouse gas emissions, acid gases, fine particles, and the leaching of toxic trace elements from ash and slag. In this chapter the nature of the emissions and their impacts, legislative approaches, and emissions and controls are described. Finally some observations on the future of coal use are made, and the impacts of advanced technologies on environmental issues associated with coal use are briefly discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84942107185&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1533/9781782421177.1.21
DO - 10.1533/9781782421177.1.21
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84942107185
SN - 9781782421160
VL - 2
T3 - Woodhead publishing series in energy
SP - 21
EP - 62
BT - The Coal handbook: Towards cleaner production
A2 - Osborne, Dave
PB - Woodhead Publishing
CY - Cambridge
ER -