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At the heart of fossil-fueled power plant operation is the combustion process. Through the combustion process, modern power plants burn fuel to release the energy that generates steam—energy that ultimately is transformed into electricity. Yet, while the combustion process is one of a power plant’s most fundamental processes, it is also one of the most complex.
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Stallard, G.S., Jonas, T.S. (1996). Combustion Processes. In: Drbal, L.F., Boston, P.G., Westra, K.L. (eds) Power Plant Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0427-2_6
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