Sunday, December 5, 2010

Simple, Low-Cost Carbon Filter Removes 90 Percent Of Carbon Dioxide From Smokestack Gases

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.

The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by American Chemical Society.

Journal Reference:

  1. Flue-Gas Carbon Capture on Carbonaceous Sorbents: Toward a Low-Cost Multifunctional Carbon Filter for 'Green' Energy Producers. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. May 21, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie0707974


If this product has been developed, why is it not being used in more places? Are there negative affects of this? I think this needs to be utilized and companies who burn coal should especially be aware of this and the impact it could have. Someone is actually successfully doing something to improve the environment and it is not being used? I really do not understand why this is being put to the side and not recognized. People should be jumping all over this opportunity! I hope that more people become aware of this and that it will be used more.
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5 comments:

  1. LeviDecember 6, 2010 at 4:17 PM

    This could be vital to saving our ozone. We need to start making steps towards lowering our emissions and focusing on the future. I think this is great technology and I hope that we can start taking full advantage of it soon.

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  2. SydneyDecember 6, 2010 at 5:47 PM

    I think this is a great idea. I also wonder if it is inexpensive then why are we not using it in more places. If coal-burning is one of the major sources of greenhouse gases it makes me wonder why we are not doing more to try and get it to where there has to be this new technology. It would make a lot of since. I wonder if there has to be certain conditions for it to work best, or if it works well in all areas.

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  3. ArielDecember 6, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    If this new technology is so useful then why aren't we distributing it to all of our power plants? Everyone knows the risks of the greenhouse gases and would like to know that something is being done about it somewhere. Is the new technology deffective?

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  4. UnknownDecember 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM

    i agree with everyone above. if this technology has been developed, why is it not being used? this could be very important to saving our earth and our atmosphere. this should really be considered being used other places around the world as well.

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  5. Stephen.BurksDecember 6, 2010 at 9:27 PM

    Im going to be frank, this article kind of pisses me off (excuse my french). I say this because it is ridiculous to me that there are products or tools like this and people are so arrogant as not to use them. That is ridiculous, my other question is how recent is this information because perhaps this hasnt been out long, in which case i retract the previous statement haha.

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