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1 Introduction: The Overarching Issues |
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1 | (28) |
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1 | (8) |
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2 The Development of Technologies for Using Electricity |
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9 | (10) |
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3 Overall Consumption of Electricity in the United States |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (6) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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2 The Regulatory Framework for Coal-Fired Electricity Generation |
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29 | (24) |
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29 | (3) |
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2 The Business Regulatory Climate |
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32 | (11) |
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3 The Environmental Regulatory Climate |
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43 | (6) |
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49 | (4) |
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50 | (3) |
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3 Setting the Technical Foundation for Modern Power Plants---1 (1900--1920) |
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53 | (22) |
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53 | (7) |
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2 Emergence and Development of the Turbine |
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60 | (8) |
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68 | (4) |
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72 | (3) |
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73 | (2) |
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4 Setting the Technical Foundation for Modern Power Plants---2 (1920--1945) |
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75 | (26) |
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75 | (1) |
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75 | (13) |
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3 Increased Boiler Pressure |
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88 | (6) |
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4 Electrostatic Precipitators |
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94 | (3) |
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5 Consequences for Power Generation of the Period 1920---45 |
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97 | (4) |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (1) |
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5 The Emergence of Modern Coal-Fired Generation: 1945--75 |
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101 | (32) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (4) |
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3 Capitalizing Upon the Engineering and Commercial Advances Developed Before World War II |
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106 | (3) |
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4 New Technologies to Improve Electricity Generation Efficiency |
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109 | (15) |
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5 Consequences and Conclusions |
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124 | (9) |
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130 | (3) |
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6 Conventional Power Plant Technology Advances at the End of the 20th Century (1970--2000) |
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133 | (36) |
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133 | (4) |
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2 Environmental/Economic Technology Strategy: Fuel Selection and Management With Low-Rank Coals |
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137 | (12) |
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3 Combustion System Innovations for Pulverized Coal and Cyclone Boilers |
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149 | (13) |
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4 Development of Additional Plant Improvements |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (7) |
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163 | (4) |
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167 | (2) |
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7 Development of New Approaches to Coal Utilization for Electricity Generation |
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169 | (38) |
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169 | (1) |
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2 Fluidized Bed Combustion |
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170 | (20) |
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3 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Generation |
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190 | (12) |
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202 | (5) |
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202 | (5) |
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8 Coal-Fired Power Plants: 2000--Present and Beyond |
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207 | (30) |
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207 | (1) |
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2 Ultrasupercritical Power Plants |
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208 | (10) |
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3 Fluidized Bed Technology Maturation |
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218 | (6) |
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4 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Technology |
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224 | (4) |
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5 Turbine Technology and Other Advances |
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228 | (2) |
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230 | (7) |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (1) |
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9 The Development of Postcombustion Control Technology |
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237 | (40) |
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237 | (1) |
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2 The Control of Particulate Emissions |
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238 | (18) |
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3 Control Systems for Sulfur Oxides and Other Acid Gases |
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256 | (8) |
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4 NOx Control Technologies |
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264 | (7) |
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5 Mercury Control Technologies |
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271 | (1) |
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6 Carbon Capture Technologies |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (4) |
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274 | (3) |
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