This Chapter looks at the fundamental processes involved in coal combustion, focusing on both pulverised coal and fluidised bed combustion technologies. It does not address gasification, information about which can be found in the Chapter dedicated to that topic. This Chapter is more theoretically based than the others that deal with the use of combustion technologies in practice, and as such forms a foundation for them. Practical applications relating to the use of coal, mainly in power generation, are discussed in detail in the Chapter on Coal-combustion technologies, while advanced coal-combustion systems that can be implemented as a means of increasing efficiencies are covered in the Chapter on Coal-combustion technology for a competitive power market. The technologies used for burning coal in conjunction with fuels such as natural gas, bio-fuels and petroleum coke are reviewed in the Chapter on Cofiring coal with other fuels.

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