This open access book surveys the development of OCAC technology in the last decade for solid
fuel conversion in fluidized beds. The scientific concerns including combustion and emission
characteristics ash-related problems OC aging and so on are summarized and analyzed. Beyond
this new concepts like OCAC with Oxy-PFBC OCAC coupled with staged fuel conversion OCAC in
rotatory kilns and multi-functional OCAC are proposed so as to promote the applications of
OCAC to various fields in the future. Moreover this book also outlines the perspectives for
future research and development of OCAC. As an emerging technology extensive studies and
investigations are still necessary to fill in the gap from the fundamental understanding of the
technology to its industrial demonstrations. Nevertheless we believe that this book provides
novel insights for the readership of energy and combustion and stimulate meaningful follow-on
research on OCAC technology.
