Ultra-Low Carbon Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants through Bio-Oil Co-Firing and Biochar Sequestration

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 14688-14695

  Dang, Qi ^a,b   Mba Wright, Mark ^a,b   Brown, Robert C ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BITUMINOUS COAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; METAL RECOVERY; MINING;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLEAN POWER GENERATIONS (CPG); COAL POWER PLANTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; EMISSION REGULATION; NOVEL STRATEGIES; ULTRA LOW CARBON;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

BIOCHAR; BIOFUEL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; COAL; OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMISSION CONTROL; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COAL POWER; COMBUSTION; ELECTRICITY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MAIZE; MOISTURE; PROCESS MODEL; PYROLYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ZEA MAYS;

BIOFUELS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; COAL; COMMERCE; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POWER PLANTS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84950117506     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03548     Document Type: Article

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