Browsing by Subject "Thermal efficiency"
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The effect of coal size on PM2.5 and PM-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions from a domestic natural cross-draft stove
(Elsevier, 2020)Residential coal combustion has played an important role in the domestic energy supply of Northern China for many decades and will do so for the foreseeable future, although it is also an important contributor to severe ... -
The effect of condenser backpressure on station thermal efficiency : Grootvlei Power Station as a case study
(2014)Grootvlei Power Station’s thermal efficiency had been on a steady declining trend since it was re-commissioned in 2008, which had tremendous financial implications to the company at the time of writing. The main contributory ... -
Gas utilization in Nigeria : an economic comparison of gas-to-liquid and liquefied natural gas technologies
(North-West University, 2008)Natural gas is a versatile resource that can be used as a fuel or as a feedstock for conversion to higher priced products. Nigeria has a huge natural gas reserve of about 187 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and the drive to ... -
Impacts of fuel feeding methods on the thermal and emission performance of modern coal burning stoves
(Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 2019)The extensive use of traditional cooking and heating stoves to meet domestic requirements creates a serious problem of indoor and outdoor air pollution. This study reports the impacts of two fuel feeding methods – front-loading ... -
Optimisation criteria of a Rankine steam cycle powered by thorium HTR
(2014)HOLCIM has various cement production plants across India. These plants struggle to produce the projected amount of cement due to electricity shortages. Although coal is abundant in India, the production thereof is in ...