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Development of Pollution Control Technology During Coal Combustion

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As we are moving ahead into the 21st century, our hunger for cost-effective and environmentally friendly energy continues to grow. The energy information administration of US has forecasted that only in the first two decades of the 21st century, our energy demand will increase by 60% compared to the levels at the end of the 20th century. Fossil fuels have been traditionally the major primary energy sources worldwide, and their role is expected to continue growing for the forecasted period, due to their inherent cost competitiveness compared to non-fossil fuel energy sources. However, the current fossil energy scenario is undergoing significant transformations, especially to accommodate increasingly stringent environmental challenges of contaminants like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides or mercury, while still providing affordable energy [1]. In China, coal has been traditionally the major primary energy sources, and its role is expected to continue growing for the forecasted period, due to Chinese energy consumption structure and its inherent cost competitiveness compared to other fossil or non-fossil fuel energy sources [2].

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Wang, Z., Cen, K., Zhou, J., Fan, J. (2014). Development of Pollution Control Technology During Coal Combustion. In: Simultaneous Multi-Pollutants Removal in Flue Gas by Ozone. Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43514-4_1

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