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The National Conference with international participation on New Cryogenic and Isotope Technologies for Energy and Environment - EnergEn 2018 is organized by the National Research-Development Institute for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea with the scientific participation of the University of Pitesti and the University of Craiova and will be held at Baile Govora, in 2018.
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REDUCING OF CO2 EMISSION RELEASED FROM FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS BY EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT

ELENA DAVID

National Institute of Cryogenics & Isotopic Technologies, Rm.Valcea, O.P.4; P.O.Box 10;Code 240050, Romania,e-mail: david@ icsi.ro
http://www.icsi.ro

ABSTRACT:
 
The emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants which result from  burning fossil fuels has been identified as the major contributor to global warming and climate change. However, for the immediate term over the next 10 – 20 years at least, the world will continue to rely on fossil fuels as the source of primary energy. The challenge for the fossil fuel industry is to find cost-effective solutions that will reduce the release of CO2 and other pollutants into the atmosphere.The focus of this paper is on the ability  to treat the exhaust gas  from fossil fuel power plants in order to capture and store the CO2  and remove other pollutants such as SOx and NOx which are released in  atmosphere. In summary, capture/separation costs represent the largest financial impediment for this types of plants. Hence, efficient, cost-effective capture/separation technologies will need to be developed to allow  their large-scale use.
KEYWORDS: exhaust gas, fossil fuel, treatment technologies, carbon dioxide, separation process, pressure swing adsorption, pollutant reduction