In 1977, the government made its first stab at confronting the issue, recommending that all new coal - fired plants have scrubbers to
remove sulfur dioxide from their emissions.
The image, based on her work and that of PNNL's H. Todd Schaef, depicts the potential of carbonate minerals to
remove sulfur dioxide, a troubling compound in the quest for clean energy.
Air pollution control devices called scrubbers use a sprayed slurry of ground limestone and water to
remove sulfur dioxide from gases formed in coal combustion, said Tom Schmaltz, environmental director for Headwaters Resources, a world leader in coal combustion products.
Most environmentalists were pushing a «command - and - control» approach, with federal officials requiring utilities to install scrubbers capable of
removing the sulfur dioxide from power - plant exhausts.
Not exact matches
Cap and trade was first used to
remove lead from gasoline and then worked into amendments to the Clean Air Act in 1990 to force power plants to cut back on
sulfur dioxide, one of the chemicals that produce acid rain.
would let a plant meet clean air act goals without scrubbers or other pollution control equipment,...» A coal flue scrubber
removes 90 percent of the
sulfur dioxide emissions from the burning of coal.
The Kyoto Protocol is a treaty to regulate «Greenhouse Gases» only: - Carbon
dioxide (CO2)- Methane (CH4)- Nitrous oxide (N2O)(Laughing Gas, Nitrous, NOS)- Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)- Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)- Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) Car Exhaust consists of: Harmless: - Carbon
dioxide (CO2)- Nitrogen (N2)- Water vapor (H2O) Some Pollutants: - Carbon monoxide (CO) * - Hydrocarbons or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) * - Nitric oxide (NO) * - Nitrogen
dioxide (NO2) * - Particulate matter (PM - 10) * -
Sulfur dioxide (SO2) * * Your car's catalytic converter
removes about 95 % of these pollutants.
The stack gas cleanup
removes virtually all of the
sulfur dioxide and the nitrous oxide, the real pollutants.
In the gasification process hard coal, lignite and other substances such as biomass, petcoke and refinery residues will be converted to syngas, and environmental pollutants such as
sulfur and carbon
dioxide subsequently
removed.
A unique reusable organic liquid developed at PNNL can
remove and store harmful gases from power plant emissions, including
sulfur dioxide, a primary cause of acid rain.
The stack gas cleanup
removes virtually all of the
sulfur dioxide and the nitrous oxide, the real...
Collectively, a total of 2,011 megawatts (MW) of coal - fired power will retire as part of the settlement,
removing almost 12 million tons of climate - disrupting carbon pollution and nearly 84,000 tons of
sulfur dioxide pollution that the three coal - fired power plants spew into the air each year.
The failure to actually reduce global emissions has meant that all possibilities are now on the table, including some that sound like premises from a science - fiction novel: Humans could sequester carbon
dioxide by
removing it from the air through technologies that mimic trees, or we could spray water droplets in the lower atmosphere to reflect light and heat back to space, or we could seed
sulfur aerosols in the stratosphere to do the same.
Use kerosene heaters only in well - ventilated areas to
remove carbon monoxide and
sulfur dioxide from combustion.