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Particle Formation in Pulverized Coal Combustion - A Review

Flagan, Richard C.1 ORCID icon
Friedlander, Sheldon K.1
Shaw, David T. (Editor)
  • 1. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

Particulate emissions from coal combustion sources were among the first forms of air pollution to be controlled. The opacity of stack plumes and the total mass of particulate matter emitted have been significantly reduced through improvements in combustor operation and the use of gas cleaning devices such as electrical precipitators. In spite of these improvements, coal combustion is still a major source of particulate emissions. Moreover, electrical precipitators may show a minimum in collection efficiency for particles in the 0.1 - 1.0 μm size range [1]. Such particles have longer atmospheric residence times and greater effects on health and visibility than would an equal mass of larger particles.

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Acknowledgement

This work was conducted under grants from the Caltech Energy Research Program, which is supported by the Ford Motor Company and the Exxon Corporation, and from the National Science Foundation, Project RANN.

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