Coal and Gas Power Generation : Information sources Angela Betts and Sarah Davis

E.ON UK, Power Technology and the Library Team  One of the UK’s Leading Energy Suppliers  Second largest electricity generator  Second largest distribution network  Centre for innovation, energy technologies & Engineering within E.ON UK  280 highly qualified engineers & scientist  Work for E.ON UK and a Global portfolio of companies  A team of five serving mainly Power Technology  Provide traditional library service and access to online information  Service has advanced over the last 5years Power Technology

Our Portfolio  3 coal fired power stations: Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Ironbridge and Kingsnorth  Largest coal fired utility in UK (2005) – 4.9GW power  Environmental concerns  New units at Kingsnorth  5 gas power stations: Connah’s Quay, Cottam Development Centre, Enfield, Killingholme and Taylors Lane  Gas fired combined heat and power plant: Grain  Underground gas storage facility  Plus other power plants – wind, hydro and biomass

Internal Information Sources – Unique To Us  Current reports  Historical reports, documents, station manuals  Standards  Colleagues/person in the know Internal/External Sources  Modern Power Station Practice books  Advances in Power Station Construction book  Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) reports  Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reports

External Sources – Hard Copy Standards  British Standards  Institute of Gas Engineers and Managers (IGEM) Standards  Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) Standards  Foreign Standards – ASTM, DIN, VGB, ASME Journals  Coal UK  UK Powerfocus  Power UK  Modern Power Systems

External Sources - Online UK  DTI  Coal Authority  Energy Networks Association (ENA)  Association of Electricity Producers (AEP) Other  Gas Technology Institute  World Coal Institute  International Gas Union  International Energy Agency (IEA)  US Department of Energy (DOE) Databases/search engine  Scirus  Science Direct  Scopus  Dialog

Clean Fossil Fuels  Technologies which convert coal, gas & oil to energy with reduced emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Existing Plant  Low NOx burners fitted to all coal fired power stations to reduce any oxide of nitrogen emissions, which are associated with acid rain  All coal used at E.ON sites has a low sulphur content  Biomass co-firing projects currently running at all three coal fired stations in the UK.  Flue Gas Desulphurisation unit fitted at Ratcliffe-on-Soar which removes 90% of sulphur dioxide from the fumes

Areas of Research  Cleaner Coal Combustion - Plant efficiency improvements, advanced coal- fired supercritical boilers, fluidised bed combustion  Capture & Storage of Carbon Dioxide - pre & post combustion, capture of and transportation & long-term storage of CO2  Innovative Technologies - Integrated gasification Combined cycle, fuel cells, advanced combined cycle gas turbines.

Legislation & Standards  BSI & Foreign Standards  BSI Update Journal  Legislation – UK, EU  IHS  Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) European Directive to reduce emissions of Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxide and dust from Large Combustion Plant Information on LCPD available from: DEFRA, EUROPA and E.ON UK ‘s website

 Journal of Cleaner Production  International Journal for Greenhouse Gas Control  IEA Clean Coal Centre Newsletter Journals Internal Information  Current Reports  Historical Reports General Information  Books  Coal & Power Industry journals  General Websites

Online Sources: International  IEA - Clean Coal Centre, coal online, Greenhouse Gas R&D programme  World Council – Cleaner Fossil fuel systems UK  DTI – Clean Coal Technology Programme Abatement Programme European  EU – Energy Research, CO2 Capture & Storage, Zero Emissions Fossil fuel Power Stations USA  DOE - Clean Coal Technology Programme, Fossil Energy  EPA – Clean Energy Programme  Future Coal Fuels

Cycle of Coal & Gas Power Production in the UK New Build Operational Support Life Extension Decommission Research