Re: Coal Sweetened Biomass

Re: Coal Sweetened Biomass

Hey Jeff, 

This generally refers to mixing the coal in at or near the point of combustion.  The fuel being burned soley for the production of 'heat'/steam.  The heat could be for electricity, process, etc... but that's a different issue.

I'm interested soley form the "renawables" perspective.

The NOx & SOx would be SCR'd or scrubbed as appropriate, and the ash disposed of as clinker/aggregate/landfill or ground as fertilizer...

The goal is energy.  The issue whether the CO2 is sequestered, is open.   Carbon can be positive(open coal), 'neutral'(biomass), or negative(sequestered). 

BTW: If greenhouse warming is the issue, CO2 is CO2 it doesn't care where it came from.  A lb of carbon from wood is the same as coal, oil or gas. I know you know this already, but others may have different notions.

Coal Sweetened Biomass By: ctyankee (5 replies) Wed, 02/20/2008 - 14:31