Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Power Plants

Publication Date	March 2009
Publisher	BCC Research
Product Type	Report
Pages	134
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	BCC00276

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Summary

For decades, the U.S. has relied on coal-fired electric-generating plants as the foundation of its central power system. Indeed, more than half the electricity generated in the U.S. today comes from burning coal. Coal is a generic term for a great number of mixtures of often large and complex organic compounds, usually also containing metals and other contaminants. Burning coal generates a lot of emissions. Because of these emissions, coal has received a lot of criticism.

With deregulation of the utility market and the continual increase in the nation's energy requirements, the need for cost-effective and environmentally compliant technologies also increases.

This BCC research report offers a comprehensive picture of trends in the current U.S. air pollution control technologies for coal-fi red power plants industry, and makes market projections over a 5-year period, from 2008 to the end of 2013. It covers the four most regulated pollutant groups of sulfer oxides, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).

The report analyzes the government regulatory environment that shapes changes in the industry. Technological issues including challenges and recent advancements are presented and discussed in detail. Profi les of major companies in the U.S. also are included.

The scope of this report is broad and includes:

Descriptions of the most common pollution control methods including scrubbers, flue gas desulfurization (FGD), post combustion controls, electrostatic precipitators and baghouses The current U.S. market status for air pollution control technologies for coal-fi red power plants, with trends and forecasts for growth through 2013
Detailed discussion of industry structure and competitive analysis with focus on electric power generation and pollution control
Public perceptions of air pollution control issues including current and pending legislation
Company profiles.

Why you should buy this report:

To identify the business opportunities that will arise over the next 5 years for technologies to retrofit existing plants, repower facilities and construct new plants
To understand the level of eff ectiveness of existing control technologies, current and pending legislation, the status of deregulation, and current regulatory issues
To develop business plans to control air pollution from coal-based power plants
To maintain a competitive position in the air pollution control marketplace.

Content

Chapter One: Introduction
- Study Goals And Objectives
- Reasons For Doing The Study
- Intended Audience
- Scope Of Report
- Methodology And Information Sources
- Analyst Credentials
- Related Bcc Reports
- Bcc Research Online
- Disclaimer
Chapter Two: Summary
- Summary Table U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Optimistic Scenario, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
- Summary Figure U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Optimistic Scenario, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
Chapter Three: Coal-Based Power Industry Overview
- Coal Overview
- Industrial Processes In The Coal-Based Electric Generation Industry
  - Steam Turbine Electricity Generation
    - Tangentially Fired Boilers
    - Wall-Fired Boilers
    - Single Wall Boilers
    - Opposed Wall Boilers
    - Cell Burner Boilers
    - Vertically Fired Boilers
    - Cyclone-Fired Boilers
    - Stoker-Fired Boilers
    - Fluidized-Bed Combustors
      - Atmospheric Fbc
      - Pressurized Fbc
  - Integrated Coal-Gasification Combined Cycle
  - Cogeneration Systems
  - Coal Transport And Processing
- Air Pollution From And Associated With Coal-Based Power Generation Systems
  - Emissions Data
  - Sulfur Dioxide
    - Table 1 National Average So2 Concentration, 1990-2007 (Ppm)
  - Nitrogen Oxides
    - Table 2 National Average Nox Concentration, 1980-2007 (Ppm)
  - Particulate Matter
    - Table 3 National Average Pm2 5 Concentration, 2000-2007 (Ppm)
    - Table 4 National Average Pm10 Concentration, 1990-2007 (Ppm)
  - Carbon Monoxide
    - Table 5 National Average Co Concentration, 1980-2007 (Ppm)
  - Carbon Dioxide
  - Hazardous Air Pollutants (Air Toxics)
Chapter Four: Air Pollution/Emission Control Technologies
- Flue Gas Desulfurization
  - Wet Fgd
  - Dry Sorbent Injection
  - Production Of Sulfuric Acid
- Nox Emissions Control Technologies
  - Combustion Control Technologies For Nox Emissions Control
    - Operational Modifications To Optimize Nox Reduction
    - Overfire Air
    - Low-Nox Burners
    - Reburn And Gas Co-Firing
    - Combined Combustion Controls
  - Post-Combustion Nox Controls
    - Selective Catalytic Reduction
    - Selective Noncatalytic Reduction
- Particulate Matter Reduction
  - Electrostatic Precipitators
    - Dry Esp
    - Wet Esp
    - Membrane Esp
  - Fabric Filters (Baghouses)
  - Mechanical Shaker-Type Fabric Filters
  - Reverse-Air Fabric Filters
  - Reverse Pulse-Jet Cleaned Fabric Filters
- Multipollutant Control Systems
- Mercury Control Technologies
  - Table 6 Effectiveness Of Mercury Control Technologies
  - Table 7 Mercury Control Technology Costs
- Carbon Sequestration Technologies
  - Co2 Separation And Capture
  - Sequestration In The Ocean
  - Sequestration On Land In Geologic Formations
  - Sequestration In Terrestrial Ecosystems
- Coal Processing And Conversion
- Advanced Power-Generating Technologies
  - Pulverized Coal Plants
  - Low-Emission Boiler System
  - Fluidized-Bed Combustion
    - Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Combustion
  - Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
  - Coal To Liquids Technology
- U S. Patent Analysis
  - Fgd Technology Patents
  - Nox-Control Technology Patents
  - Particulate And Mercury Control Technology Patents
  - Co2 Capture And Storage Patents
Chapter Five: Air Pollution Control Market Analyses And Forecasts
- Overall Market Analysis
  - Table 10 U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Most Likely Scenario, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 1 U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Most Likely Scenario, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Table 11 U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Optimistic Scenario, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 2 U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Optimistic Scenario, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Table 12 U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Pessimistic Scenario, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 3 U S. Market Forecast For Air Pollution Control Technologies For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Pessimistic Scenario, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
- Flue Gas Desulfurization
  - Table 13 U S. Market Forecast For Coal-Fired Power Plant Fgd Scrubbers, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 4 U S. Market Forecast For Coal-Fired Power Plant Fgd Scrubbers, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
- Nox Controls
  - Table 14 Overall U S. Market Forecast For Coal-Fired Power Plant Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 5 Overall U S. Market Forecast For Coal-Fired Power Plant Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
    - Combustion Nox Controls
  - Table 15 U S. Market Forecast For Combustion-Based Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 6 U S. Market Forecast For Combustion-Based Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Table 16 U S. Market Forecast For Low-Nox Burner Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 7 U S. Market Forecast For Low-Nox Burner Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Table 17 U S. Market Forecast For Overfire Air Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 8 U S. Market Forecast For Overfire Air Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
    - Post-Combustion Nox Controls
  - Table 18 U S. Market Forecast For Post-Combustion Based Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 9 U S. Market Forecast For Post-Combustion Based Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Table 19 U S. Market Forecast For Scr Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 10 U S. Market Forecast For Scr Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Table 20 U S. Market Forecast For Selective Non Catalytic Reduction Nox Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 11 U S. Market Forecast For Selective Non Catalytic Reduction Nox Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
- Particulate And Mercury Control
  - Table 21 Overall U S. Market Forecast For Particulate And Mercury Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 12 Overall U S. Market Forecast For Particulate And Mercury Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Electrostatic Precipitators
  - Table 22 U S. Market Forecast For Esps, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 13 U S. Market Forecast For Esps, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Fabric Filters (Baghouses)
  - Table 23 U S. Market For Fabric Filters (Baghouses), Through 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Figure 14 U S. Market For Fabric Filters (Baghouses), 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Spray Coolers
    - Table 24 U S. Market Forecast For Spray Coolers, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
    - Figure 15 U S. Market Forecast For Spray Coolers, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
  - Mercury Control Systems
    - Table 25 U S. Market Forecast For Mercury Controls, Through 2013 ($ Millions)
    - Figure 16 U S. Market Forecast For Mercury Controls, 2008 And 2013 ($ Millions)
Chapter Six: Industry Structures And Competitive Analysis
- Electric Power Industry Structure
  - Utility Power Producers
  - Non-Utility Power Producers
- Air Pollution Control Technology Industry
  - Industry Structure
- Some International Aspects
Chapter Seven: Government, Regulatory, And Public Issues
- Regulations
  - Federal Legislation On Air Pollution And Control
  - Clean Air Act Amendments Of 1990
    - Acid Rain Program
      - So2 Reduction Program
      - Nox Reduction Program
      - Table 26 Title Iv Coal-Fired Boiler Nox Emission Limits (Lb /Mmbtu)
    - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
    - New Source Review And New Source Performance Standards
      - New Source Review ... (Continued)
    - State Implementation Plans
    - National Emission Standards For Hazardous Air Pollutants
  - More Recent Epa Regulatory Actions
    - Nox Sip Call
    - Section 126 Petitions
    - Revised Ozone Naaqs
    - Pm2 5 Naaqs
    - Regional Haze Rulemaking
  - Resource Conservation And Recovery Act
  - Emergency Planning And Community Right-To Know Act
  - National Environmental Policy Act
  - Energy Policy Act Of 2005
- Electric Power Industry Deregulation
  - Stranded Costs
  - Electric Power Marketers
  - Deregulation And Environmental Concerns
- Current Regulatory Issues
  - Clean Air Mercury Rule
  - Clean Air Interstate Rule
  - Tighter Lead Emissions Standards
  - Power Plant Pollution Controls-looser Or Tighter?
  - Public Perceptions And Issues
Chapter Eight: Company Profiles
- Ada Environmental Systems
- Alstom
- The Babcock & Wilcox Co
- Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Co
- Calgon Carbon Corp
- Cormetech, Inc
- Croll-Reynolds Co
- Clyde Bergemann Eec
- Donaldson Co , Inc
- Ducon Technologies, Inc
- Electric Power Research Institute, Inc
- Farr Air Pollution Control
- Filtersense
- Flex-Kleen Division, Metro-Pro Corp
- Foster-Wheeler, Ltd
- Fuel Tech, Inc
- Hamon Research-Cottrell, Inc
- John Zink Company, Llc
- Kbr, Inc
- Membrane Technology And Research, Inc
- Micropul
- Nationwide Boiler, Inc
- Norit Americas, Inc
- Rjm Corp
- Sargent & Lundy, Llc
- Siemens Environmental Systems And Services
- Wahlco, Inc
Appendix: Glossary Of Important Terms, Abbreviations, Acronyms, Etc
- Glossary Of Important Terms