Getting the carbon out of emissions

MIT researchers coming up with a "plug-and-play” solution that could be added easily to any existing power plant


Many researchers around the world are seeking ways to “scrub” carbon dioxide (CO2) from the emissions of fossil-fuel power plants as a way of curbing the gas that is considered most responsible for global climate change. But most such systems rely on complex plumbing to divert the steam used to drive the turbines that generate power in these plants, and such systems are not practical as retrofits to existing plants.


Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, press release, 2013-06-25.