About the Book: Coal-fired Electricity and Emissions Control
The most abundant energy source in our world is coal. Coal-fired power
generation comes with significant costs to environment and human health. The
water runoff from coal washeries carries pollution loads of heavy metals that
contaminate ground water, rivers, and lakes e thus affecting aquatic flora and
fauna. Fly-ash residue and pollutants contaminate soil and are especially
harmful to agricultural activities. Most importantly for human health,
combustion of coal releases emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides
(NOx), particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), and various trace metals like mercury, into the air through stacks