Cryogenic treatment could cut coal-fired power plant emissions by 90%

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A team of physicists from the University of Oregon (UO) has calculated that cooling the emissions from coal-fired power plants would result in a reduction of the levels of dangerous chemicals entering the atmosphere, including CO2, by 90 percent. While cryogenic treatment would also see a 25 percent drop in efficiency, and therefore result in electricity costs increasing around a quarter, the researchers believe these would be offset by benefits to society, such as reductions in health-care and climate-change costs... Continue Reading Cryogenic treatment could cut coal-fired power plant emissions by 90%

Section: ecoGizmo

Tags: Climate, Emissions, Environment, University of Oregon

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