SBIR Phase I: Zero Pollution High Efficiency Coal Combustion

* 9760012里昂 这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目旨在展示一种新的，更有效，更清洁的煤炭燃烧方法的化学。使用煤发电涉及严重的污染问题。这些问题包括引起局部空气污染和全国性酸雨问题的SO2和NOx的排放，汞、呋喃、二氧杂环己烷和含有有毒重金属的亚微米颗粒的排放，以及大量二氧化碳（主要导致全球变暖的温室气体）的排放。 提出了一种新的燃煤方法，避免了所有这些问题，提高了煤发电的效率。由于实施这种新燃烧概念所需的硬件已经开发用于其他用途，因此关键的不确定性与化学有关。该研究计划旨在证明这种化学作用。 如果成功的话，这种新的燃烧技术将在美国和外国的发电能力中占据很大的份额。 ***

*** 9760012 Lyon This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project aims to demonstrate the chemistry for a new, more efficient, and cleaner method of coal combustion. The use of coal to generate electrical power involves severe pollution problems. These problems include the emission of S02 and NOx, which cause both a local air pollution and the national problem of acid rain, the emission of mercury, furans, dioxanes and submicron particles containing toxic heavy metals, and the emission of massive quantities of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas chiefly responsible for global warming. A new method of coal combustion is proposed which avoids all these problems and improves the efficiency of producing electricity from coal. As the hardware necessary to implement this new combustion concept has already been developed for other uses, the key uncertainties relate to the chemistry. The research program aims to demonstrate this chemistry. The new combustion technology-if successful-could be used in a major share of U.S. and foreign generating capacity. ***