In the past decade global warming‚ and the potential dangers that goes with it has been a topic‚ which needs to be fixed. Clean coal technologies (CCN) are methods that will lead to mankind taking a huge step in the right direction. First‚ the basic definition of CCT is the process of cleaning coal‚ so when it is used it will not damage the atmosphere. Second‚ after the coal is purified‚ there are two ways of containing the poisons. Finally‚ when CCT is perfected‚ how can leading companies implement
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Clean coal technology is a term used to describe technologies being developed that aim to reduce the environmental impact of coal energy generation. It implies that it is possible to make coal a fuel source that is free of (or very low in) carbon dioxide emissions and other pollutant emissions. Some of the techniques that would be used to accomplish this include chemically washing minerals and impurities from the coal‚ gasification (see also IGCC)‚ treating the flue gases with steam to remove sulfur
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Can coal be a clean fuel? Yes‚ if you attach an accelerator to the smokestack. Burning coal produces flue gases like nitrogen and sulfur oxides: NO2‚ NO3‚ SO2‚ and SO3. When these gases react with atmospheric water‚ they turn into sulfuric and nitric acids such as H2SO4 or HNO3‚ eventually spilling
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Did you know coal means “mineral of fossilized carbon”? Some different types of coal contains a few different types of carbon. Also‚ coal has been burned to make both heat and electricity. Another fact is that coal is basically the world’s largest source of energy. “Coal is the world’s most abundant fossil fuel - more plentiful than oil and natural gas. It is second only to oil as a source of energy that we use. Coal is widely used because it’s easily obtained‚ there’s lots of it‚ it’s well distributed
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Using Clean Coal Technologies to Reduce Air Pollution ASDF SCI/275 September 4‚ 2011 Kristal Davis Fadtke Using Clean Coal Technologies to Reduce Air Pollution Air pollution is of pronounced concern in the media lately. Some of the effects of air pollution include the increase of carbon in the atmosphere which contributes to the global warming effect. The effects have been felt with record temperatures on the east coast and in the Midwestern United States this summer. One major contribution
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Coal Mining Coal mining is taking coal out of the earth for use as fuel‚ and there are two types of it: surface and mountaintop mining and underground mining. Coal is one of the most important resources because of its ability to be a fuel. Surface mining is used when the coal is near the surface‚ and a process known as strip mining extracts it; this is literally tearing a strip out of the earth to expose the coal. This is a highly controversial method though because by taking so many strips
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Global warming is a mixture of troubles including one specific carbon problem caused by the production coal and use of coal fired power plants. Americans overuse power‚ overeat food‚ overindulge in plug-in gadgets and overdo just about everything. Fossil fuels are used in our consumption of the overabundance of energy we use and waste. This overwhelming problem that centralizes around the use of coal‚ the filthiest source of energy‚ producing over 25% of our emissions and 75% of our emissions from
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Article Summary: The upcoming fight between the environmental protection agency and congress in on the usage of coal and is known as “War on Coal”. The environmental protection agency has funded many ads which support the President Obama’s vision of limiting carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired power plants. The ad campaign will target five states New Hampshire‚ Illinois‚ Pennsylvania‚ Arizona and Washington D.C. According to environmental protection agency the congress has to decide if they
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So is Europe‚ as it takes advantage of lower coal prices in the United States. Higher-priced natural gas on the Continent is creating demand for more coal imports from the United States‚ where coal is taking a drubbing from less expensive natural gas.l demand for coal is expected to grow to 8.9 billion tons by 2016 from 7.9 billion tons this year. China is expected to add about 160 new coal-fired plants to the 620 operating now‚ within four years. During that period‚ India will add more than 46 plants
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Coal is made largely of carbon but also features other elements such as hydrogen‚ oxygen‚ sulfur and nitrogen. Coal starts off as a plant matter at the bottom of water and is eventually covered and deeply buried by sediments where over time metamorphosis takes place. When peat is altered physically and chemically. This process is called “coalification.” During coalification‚ peat undergoes several changes as a result of bacterial decay‚ compaction‚ heat and time. Peat deposits are varied and contain
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