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Simple, cheap filter removes 90% of CO2 from smokestack gases
Researchers in Wyoming report development of a low-cost carbon filter that can remove 90 percent of carbon dioxide gas from the smokestacks of electric power plants that burn coal and other fossil fuels. Their study is scheduled for the May 21 issue of ACS’ monthly journal, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
Maciej Radosz and colleagues at Wyoming's Soft Materials Laboratory cite the pressing need for simple, inexpensive new technologies to remove carbon dioxide from smokestack gases. Coal-burning electric power plants are major sources of the greenhouse gas, and control measures may be required in the future.
The study describes a new carbon dioxide-capture process, called a Carbon Filter Process, designed to meet the need. It uses a simple, low-cost filter filled with porous carbonaceous sorbent that works at low pressures. Modeling data and laboratory tests suggest that the device works better than existing technologies at a fraction of their cost.
http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/pressroom/presspacs/WPCP_0089...
Submitted by BJS on Wed, 2008-05-21 11:51.
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Republicans need them more
maybe they can make one that filters the bullshit coming out of the mouths of republicans...
lemme guess...you worship Bill O'Reilly...
what are you doing on scienceblog? shouldn't you be on the American Family Association website?
I hear there working on a personal filter
You know, I hear they are working on a personal model that can be wore over the mouth. If we could get at least half of all liberals to wear it, we could reduce CO2 emissions by 78%.....98% if Al Gore wears one.
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