Cryogenic system freezes up to 99% of CO2 emissions from coal power plants so carbon can be stored, potentially repurposed

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 13:50 in Physics & Chemistry

This August, President Obama announced an ambitious plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent by 2030. BYU professor Larry Baxter is developing a technology that can actually do it. Baxter, a chemical engineering professor, has created a system that separates carbon dioxide from other gases (and prevents it from escaping into the air) […]

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