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MITIGATING HUMAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GREENHOUSE PROBLEM

by J(Hans) van Leeuwen

METHANE

DISPOSAL

AT COAL

MINES

AgSTAR Program

CONVERSION TO BIOMASS

The biological CO2 pump

CO2 CONCENTRATIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE

CO2 capture plant (Courtesy of ABB Lummus Crest)

Mass balance of the Texaco based IGCC power plant

Input(kg/s) Output(kg/s)

Coal 47 Stack gas 1028Water (coal slurry) 18 Waste water 26Air 990 Sulfur recovery 4Water (Venturi scr.) 10 ASU condensates 1   Ash 5Total 1065  1065

A large scale CO2 recycle facility at Irvine, California.

It is owned and operated by Energy & Environmental Research Corp. (Courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory)

                                                                                                                              

The first European commercial scale, IGCC power plant at Buggenum, The Netherlands

                                                                                                                              

Schematic of the CO2 recycle power generation system

CO2 DISPOSAL METHODS AT SEA

OIL PIPELINE POSITIONING IN THE OCEAN