Open AccessInstallation of a stoker-coal preparation plant in Krakow, Poland. Technical progress report No. 8, January 1996--March 1996
Author(s) -
Peter L. Rozelle
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/415353
Subject(s) - memorandum of understanding , engineering , work (physics) , coal , government (linguistics) , christian ministry , environmental protection , civil engineering , environmental planning , waste management , political science , environmental science , law , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The work being performed under this Cooperative Agreement between the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and EFH Coal Company (Participant) is one part of the assessment program in the Support for Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (P.L. 101-179). In October 1991, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) titled {open_quotes}Collaboration on the Krakow Clean Fossil Fuels and Energy Efficiency Program, A Project of Elimination of Low Emission Sources in Krakow{close_quotes} was signed by the DOE and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry of the Republic of Poland, that describes the cooperation that is being undertaken by the respective governments to accomplish the goals of this program. The DOE has selected eight U.S. companies to work with the government of Poland to improve the country`s air quality, particularly around the historic city of Krakow. Although the program is focused on Krakow, it is intended to serve as a model for similar pollution control programs throughout Poland and, hopefully, much of Eastern Europe. The objective of this program is to design, construct, and operate a coal beneficiation facility that will produce a low-ash, double sized stoker coal for burning in a typical traveling-gate stoker