Sulphur Oxide from Coal

[chewbaca1989]

You lie!

[brob1969]

seems like gassification of biomass would be a better idea than coal...

[jcobaltss2005]

@brob1969 Biomass has a relatively low energy content compared to coal per unit mass, and would therefore generate more greenhouse gases. Coal plants are equipped with electronic and porous filters to clean the flu gas being exhausted from the stacks. A common misconception is that the clouds seen exiting plants is flu gas, it is actually mostly water vapour exiting those cooling towers. The flu gas is what you can't see.

[brob1969]

@jcobaltss2005 Gasification "cracks" the molecules by operating a controlled oxygen and temperature environment; there is no "smoke" released by combustion. The leftover from the process, known as bio-char is used for biosequestration of carbonaceous materials; it has been used for millennia in the formation of terra preta.

This method of sequestration in the earth can improve water quality, increase soil fertility, raise agricultural productivity and reduce pressure on old-growth forests.

[brob1969]

@jcobaltss2005 Gasification not only sequesters carbon but releases oxygen into the atmosphere much the way the formation of coal did thousands of years ago. The problem with coal burning is it is reversing this process and releasing that CO2 and reducing the amount of oxygen; gasification sequesters FAR more carbon than is released, add to that the fact that the biomass has sequestered a significant amount of carbon during its lifecycle and there is no competition...

[reefrunner9]

Where be all the scrubber designers, laid off ?

[otobodycare]

OMG, i don understand,. zzz. nvm

[xxjustin94xx]

HIHI^^

[PHJfanlol]

Hi kenny_speed car ! LOL... :D

[kennyspeedcar]

hi coralites....

[divwak]

good video!