Value-added sulfur scrubbing: Converting acid rain chemicals into useful products
Friday, October 22, 2010 - 13:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Power plants that burn fossil fuels remain the main source of electricity generation across the globe. Modern power plants have scrubbers to remove sulfur compounds from their flue gases, which has helped reduce the problem of acid rain. Now, researchers in India have devised a way to convert the waste material produced by the scrubbing process into value-added products.