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About 800 million tons per year of coal is consumed each year in the United States. Electric generating utilities account for approximately 680 million tons (85%) of coal use leaving 15%, or 120 million tons, available for other applications. Considering that average operating thermal efficiency of the coal fired powerplants in the U.S. is approximately 33%, an increase of this efficiency towards 50% by the use of modern high efficiency systems can reduce coal consumption by 250 million tons per year while maintaining the same electric power output. Emissions of CO2, SO2, organics and trace metals would be reduced in proportion, alleviating the reduction control requirements in downstream pollution control systems.
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Quimby, J.M., Kumar, K.S. (1993). Hot Gas Cleanup for Advanced Power Generation System. In: Clift, R., Seville, J.P.K. (eds) Gas Cleaning at High Temperatures. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2172-9_6
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