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| 1 | CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY Tap Coal (CSC-0102) [12th Five Year Plan Project] | CSIR | From May,2013 To Mar,2017 |
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Oxy-fuel combustion:
Evaluating the effect of coal characteristics and other operating parameters like oxygen concentration, recycle ratio etc. during oxy-fuel combustion on ignition, flame stability, emission and associated ash depositional problems in the existing pilot scale combustion facilities.
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Co-combustion of coal and biomass:
Co-combustion studies of different types of biomass (green or partially pyrolysed) with coal. Generation of basic co-combustion data of Indian coal with different biomass (raw and partially pyrolysed).
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Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC):
Development of cold model CLC set up for establishing flow (material circulation in loop) and for studying the flow characteristics.
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Cold model set up of CLC is designed, fabricated, installed & commissioned.
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Oxy-fuel combustion successfully operated up to 69.7% CO2 concentration in the exit flue gas.
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Knowledge is generated for different coal-biomass co-combustion study. Coal reject (Ash-62%) & biomass blend is successfully burnt in FBC (10kg/hr).
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| 2 | Advanced Ceramic Materials and components for Energy and Structural Applications(CERMESA) [ESC0104] [12th Five Year Plan Project] | CSIR | From May, 2013 To Mar, 2017 |
Testing of supporting and filter medium in Drop Tube Furnace (under network program)
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Performance assessment of supporting and filter mediums in Drop Tube Furnace
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| 3 | Assessment of mercury emissions from coal based thermal power plants and development of coal derived activated carbon for mercury capture (ESC 0305)[12th Five Year Plan Project] | CSIR | From May, 2013 To Mar, 2017 |
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Direct measurement for assessing species specific emissions of mercury from the thermal power plants including the partitioning of mercury in the combustion products.
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Laboratory scale assessment of reduction of potential mercury and other heavy metals achievable as co-benefit by washing of non-coking coals at different ash levels.
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Process development for preparing Coal Derived Activated carbon for removal of flue gas mercury based on high sulphur tertiary coals of Assam
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Process development for steam activated carbon is continuing.
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Mercury emissions study from stack of a 500 MW boiler unit of Kahalgaon Thermal Power Station (NTPC) have been done.
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| 4 | Inventory of mercury emissions and releases from NTPC thermal power plants. | NTPC | From September, 2015 To June,2016 |
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The study will be conducted at two units of each of three selected NTPC thermal power plants. Assessment of mercury content of the coals used (crushed coal from mill feeder and as-fired pulverized coals) by thermal power plants.
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Measurement of the emissions of mercury from the flue gas of selected power plants including total mercury and speciation of mercury in flue gas (particulate, gaseous phase elemental and oxidized).
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The partitioning of feed coal mercury in the combustion products.
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Estimation of the average mercury emission factor
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Inventorisation of mercury emissions from NTPC power plants based on emission factors arise from this study and previous study, if any.
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Mercury emission factors (g/tones) of the studied coals.
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Mercury emissions(gaseous and particulates) from power plants and speciation of mercury species in the flue gas
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Mercury concentrations in other combustion products (Fly ash, Bottom ash) of the power plants.
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Important activities of the department: