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power plants
clean coal
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/20/2009

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Power plant structures
Definition
Low NOx burner, catalytic reduction, cyclone sepeartor, electrostatic precipitator, baghouse, scrubber
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Low NOX burner
Definition
cooler flame, less nitrogen oxides
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catalytic reduction
Definition
exhuast mixes with ammonia which remove NOx leaving onlywaterand NO
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Electrostatic precipitaton
Definition
Particles in exhuast get an electric charge and stick to plate
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bag house
Definition
exhuast gas are cooled and sent through fabric bags that remove particulates
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scrubber
Definition
exhuast is sprayed with limestone,sulfor dioxide react with cal carb onte and leaves gypsum and CO
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cyclone seperator
Definition
remove particulates with vortex seperation without filters
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