“Clean coal technology” describes a new generation of energy processes that sharply reduce air emissions and other pollutants from coal-burning power plants.” – from the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s “Clean Coal Technology & Clean Power Initiative” web page.
Coal-fired power plant
What happens to gas generated by coal-fired power plants? It exits the plant up the smokestack and is called “flue gas.” What if there were a way to clean flue gas and lessen the need to capture and bury CO2?
There is a dearth of news on efforts to make coal “clean,” by capturing the gas and storing it underground. Swapsol is in the late stages of laboratory development and is seeking industrial partners to commercialize a technology that alters preconceived notions about chemistry and energy.
The Stenger-Wasas Process (SWAP) is capable of reducing all existing gaseous oxides and other reactive components in gases including NOx, SOx, O3, COS, CS2, CO, H2S, CO2 and mercaptans. The elimination of refinery flue gas may have the single biggest impact on industry savings and climate change. Refining operations already have sulfur plants and gas streams containing H2S, thereby increasing the feasibility of integrating the SWAP technology.
The SWAP also has important applications for Claus tail gas cleanup. Refineries requiring additional H2S may generate requisite amounts on-site using the SWAP Sulfur Cycle which reacts any waste hydrocarbon with sulfur to form H2S and carsuls, a carbon-sulfur polymer.
For more information on the SWAP, please visit http://www.swapsol.com . The next presentation will be held May 19 at the Global Refining Summit/Rotterdam http://www.refiningsummit.com
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