Coal Processing and Use for Power Generation ScienceDirect
The use of coal is negatively perceived, since the use of fossil fuels in power generation and other industry sectors contributes significantly to the CO 2 emissions worldwide. Of the main fossil fuels, coal has the lowest H:C ratio, and consequently coal has the highest CO 2 footprint per unit of combustion energy produced. Coal also contains percentage levels of heteroatoms (forming NO x and ...