RE: RE: New Clean Coal Plant near Beijing...Promis Remember now, Dr. Fan's technology (from the OSU lab-Clean Coal Direct Looping) prevents 99% of emissions from escaping into the atmosphere and is reputed to be a 'cheap'* method of capture (No numbers have been published that I have seen) but is in trials for the next seven years! Well, that's the US for you. Imagine if the Chinese were to build a plant using CDCL would probably go on line much sooner.
Re: the technology in Beijing (Tianjin) 'With all good things, there's a catch. This time it's price. By one estimate, the combination of ICGG and carbon capture technology could raise the price of burning coal by as much as 60%. ' *The CDCL is much cheaper.
'OSU reports that the CDCL plant’s 200+ hours of operation, using metallurgical coke and subbituminous and lignite coals, shows the robustness of its novel moving-bed design and non-mechanical valve operation. The combination resulted in nearly 100 percent solid fuel conversion and a CO2 stream more than 99 percent pure, making it applicable to CO2 enhanced oil recovery operations.'
https://www.fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/2013/13005-OSU_Researchers_Advance_Chemical_L.html
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