Thermo-ecological evaluation of advanced coal-fired power technologies

Abstract

Within this chapter the introduction to the advances power technologies have been provided, concerning coal-fired power plants with CO2 capture, transport and storage. Further, the universal structure of an input-output model for the evaluation of an integrated oxy-fuel combustion power plant have been given and described in details, followed by its application within the mathematical models of the cumulative calculus and life cycle evaluation from the thermo-ecological point of view. As it is crucial to obtain the accurate input data for the thermo-ecological evaluation, the example of data acquisition process have been presented. Based on the presented input-output model, as well as mathematical models and data gathered the case studies for the thermo-ecological evaluation of advance power plants have been presented, followed by the summary and conclusions.