Mercury, heavy metals and up to 6
natural radioactive isotopes. All of
these pose an environmental hazard, such as leaching into groundwater, air borne particulates pollution and radiation that causes cancer. US National Council on Radiation
Protection and Measurement concluded that fly ash emitted by
coal-fired power plants carries into
the surrounding environment 100
times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same
amount of energy.
which is cost-effective and easy to
deploy and decommission, avoiding
any transportation. It captures the
reaming mercury residue, permanently immobilizing all heavy metals and radioactive isotopes into
artificial geo polymer aggregates,
replacing those produced by open
quarries. For additional utilization
of available access power, the production facility is recommended to
be deployed at the site of a coalfired power plant.
The recently patented new groundbreaking technology in US (ref. to
US patent 8,987,541 B2 – Coal
waste treatment processes and
products) resolves all these issues.
The process design is simplified,
environmentally clean, technologically cost-effective and does not
leave any “footprint” – this means
it does not produce any additional
by-product required for purification
(the production filters at the end of
their life cycle are also converted
into artificial aggregates).
The
production facility is mobile and
utilizes off-the shelf equipment,
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