Utilising Clean Coal Technologies for Meeting Nigeria’s Energy Needs

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dc.contributor.authorDenloye, A.O.
dc.contributor.authorAkinola, A.A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-17T11:45:55Z
dc.date.available2019-09-17T11:45:55Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionStaff publicationsen_US
dc.description.abstractCoal 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 needsen_US
dc.identifier.citationDenloye, A. O. and Akinola A. A. (2016). Utilising Clean Coal Technologies for Meeting Nigeria’s Energy Needs. Proceedings of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers, Vol.46, 311 – 521pp.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5651
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherProceedings of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesProceedings of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers;Vol.46
dc.subjectCoalen_US
dc.subjectClean coal technologiesen_US
dc.subjectElectricity power generationen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Chemical engineeringen_US
dc.titleUtilising Clean Coal Technologies for Meeting Nigeria’s Energy Needsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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