On the more modern coal plants like fluidized bed type plants that are already in service, there are several alternatives.

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He is being given this award particularly for his contribution to the creation of fluidized bed paddy dryer and cyclonic rice husk furnace, which have been used and commercialized widely in Thailand as well as in foreign countries.

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GreatPoint relied on widely available technology wherever possible, including the fluidized-bed reactor, common in power plants across the country, in which pulverized coal is combined with oxygen so it burns more efficiently.

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