Chemical Looping for Nearly ZERO-Pollution Coal Power

摘要

Coal plays a big role in America's energy present and future. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), coal comprises 20 percent of the primary U.S. energy fuel consumption and provides 42 percent of our country's electricity generation.1 The EIA projects that coal's share of U.S. electricity generation will fall by 2040, but still remain the leader at 35% percent.2 Thus, coal will continue to be important in satisfying growing U.S. energy demands, but how exactly that future plays out will depend a great deal on the development of technologies that eliminate coal emissions.