Foreword
Foreword
Author(s): Rajendra K Pachauri
Source: Energy Audit: Thermal Power, Combined Cycle, and Cogeneration Plants Authored By Yash Pal Abbi
Abstract:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has identified the energy supply and industry sectors as major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, with the power sector accounting for a large share. As it happens, these sectors are also responsible for large-scale pollution at the local level. There is, therefore, a need worldwide for improving the efficiency of fuel use in thermal power plants not only for environmental reasons but also to enhance energy security, given the fact that supply of fossil fuels to meet the growing demand for power worldwide is facing major constraints right from mining to transportation and handling. However, there is generally a lack of practical knowledge on how existing power plants as well as those that are yet to be established can be subjected to detailed analysis of opportunities for improvement of fuel use in each unit.
Publisher/Organisation: TERI Press
Publication Date: 2 January 2012