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> aimed at the smoke-stacks of fossil fuel plants "CO2 from dried CO2-containing gas streams" The word "dried" is going to cause trouble. Smoke stocks have a
by ars 4y ago
> aimed at the smoke-stacks of fossil fuel plants
"CO2 from dried CO2-containing gas streams"
The word "dried" is going to cause trouble. Smoke stocks have a lot of water - more water than CO2 actually.
- angst_ridden 4y agoYeah, and in gas/oil-fired electric turbines you typically inject a whole lot of water to create more mass going through. A power plant I worked at in the 90s tried to keep a 4:1 ratio of water to fuel oil. It was always amusing to explain to lay-folk that we "burned more water than oil," even if it wasn't technically precise.
- rocqua 4y agoThe article states that the major advantage of this new material is much better resistance to water. Are you saying that the levels of water described in the paper are still way below untreated flue gasses?
- ars 4y agoI don't know. I just saw the word "dried" and mentioned it. Flu gasses are majority water. Natural gas has twice as much water and co2 (by moles), and according to another poster they even inject additional water.