Combustion Emissions

Professor Emeritus, University of California Santa BarbaraDr. Keith Schofield is President/CEO of ChemData Research Corporation and Emeritus Research Professor at the Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. He is currently developing and supplying the technology for a new, low cost method, to control mercury emissions from coal combustors. Before taking up this position in 2009, Dr. Schofield was a Research professor at the University of California studying the combustion chemistry of traces of mercury and other trace metals that exist in fuel emissions. He is the CEO of ChemData Research and is a member of The Combustion Institute. He received his PhD in Physical Chemistry, and studied for his BA, from Cambridge University, United Kingdom.

• 1. Introduction2. Recent concepts3. The generalities that now are apparent4. The importance of temperature, interaction time and heterogeneous collision frequency constraints: fuel-rich or -lean differences5. The nature of flame gases free of non-metallic content6. The role of particles, ash or surfaces7. Trace species reported combustion behavior and the chemistry within the modern framework of understanding8. Summary and conclusions

"Understanding the mechanisms of emissions of trace metals from solid fuel combustion systems and its control is of immense importance in the design and operation of thermal power plants and equipment for process industries. The book under review by Keith Schofield provides a comprehensive overview of this subject." --Current Science"In the first part, the commonalities of the behaviour of various trace metals in combustion systems are discussed. It is in these six chapters lie the greatest strength of the book. The first part of the book is ideally suited as a text/reference for graduate level courses dealing with combustion and emissions.The rest of the book contains a detailed discussion of the behaviour of a large number of trace metals in combustion processes. This part of the book will be a valuable source of information on the known aspects, open questions and ongoing studies. An exhaustive list of references including studies as recent as 2019 is included, making this book a ready reference for students as well as practising engineers.Overall, the book is a welcome addition to the combustion literature." --CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 120, NO. 3, 10 FEBRUARY 2021