Coal-fired power plant
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Coal-fired power plant [r]: A generic term for several kinds of industrial plants which produce electricity by burning coal. [e]
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They can be classified into the following types:
- Conventional coal-fired power plant [r]: An electrical power plant that burns coal in a steam generator to produce high pressure steam, which goes to steam turbines that generate electricity. [e]
- Integrated gasification combined cycle power plant [r]: A non-conventional coal-fired power plant in which the coal is gasified to produce a synthetic gas which is then burned in a gas turbine that drives an electrical generator, while steam is produced by recovering waste heat from the gas turbine exhaust, and used to drive another electrical generator. [e]
- Fluidized bed combustion power plant [r]: A non-conventional coal-fired power plant in which the coal is burned in a fluidized bed and steam is produced by heating and vaporizing feedwater flowing through tubes in and above the fluidized bed; the steam is used to drive an electrical generator. [e]
- Oxygen firing power plant [r]: An electrical power plant similar to a conventional coal-fired power plant but with oxygen instead of air being used for the combustion of the coal. [e]