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3. Description of coal and biomass co-firing plants
3.1 Types of plants using co-firing
There are various options for co-firing a plant originally fuelled by pulverized coal: direct, indirect and parallel co-firing.
SCROLL TO TOPBiomass and coal are fed directly into the furnace of an existing coal-fired boiler.
Direct co-combustion (figure 4 ) is a very attractive technique, as it requires...
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Bibliography
Websites
Biomass Combustion and Co-firing task of the IEA Bioenergy Agreement, IEA Task 32. Co-firing activities and databases of existing plants http://www.ieabcc.nl
Events
European Conferences on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers, biennial event in Portugal http://www.cenertec.pt/infub/
European Biomass Conference, annual http://www.conference-biomass.com/
Regulations
Directive 2008/1/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC Directive) OJEU n° L 24 of January 29, 2008.
Directive no. 2001/80/EC of 10/23/01 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (GIC directive known as "LGP" for Large Combustion Plants) OJEC no. L 309 of November 27, 2001.
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