Chemical & Petroleum Engineering-Conference Papers

Permanent URI for this collection

https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3488

Browse

Browsing Chemical & Petroleum Engineering-Conference Papers by Subject "Electricity power generation"

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Item
    Restricted
    Utilising Clean Coal Technologies for Meeting Nigeria’s Energy Needs
    (Proceedings of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, 2016) Denloye, A.O.; Akinola, A.A.
    Coal is expected to remain one of the dominant fuels in global electricity power generation as a result of its low cost, high reliability and high availability. In Nigeria, however, coal is yet to make a significant contribution to Nigeria’s energy needs because of the numerous challenges associated with coal electricity power generation. One of the challenges is that the use of coal to generate electric power produces toxic gases which are hazardous to human health and the environmental; it is also perceived as dirty to the environment. This paper focuses on the roles clean coal technologies can play in the sustainable exploitation of Nigeria’s coal reserves and how it can be effectively utilized to meet Nigeria’s energy needs. The Nigerian situation on electricity is reviewed and the Nigerian national policy on coal utilization is evaluated. Ways in which some aspects of the policy can be implemented are suggested. A number of clean coal technologies that can help overcome the challenges of electricity power generation were also reviewed. It is concluded that the core of the Nigerian National Policy on Coal should be the promotion of clean coal technology for electricity production. Clean coal technologies can reduce the hazardous gaseous emissions generated by the thermal decomposition of the coal. By developing clean coal technologies Nigeria will be able to use her considerable coal resources better and reduce the emissions of harmful substances associated with coal mining, thereby make asignificant contribution to Nigeria’s energy needs