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Acid rain
acid rain
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 1
12/20/2009

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types of acid rain
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hydrogen peroxide, sulfuric acid, sulfurous acid, nitric acid, carbonic acid, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid
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sources of acid rain
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Fossil fuels from Power Plants, transporation, and manufactoring
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Acid rain reduction programs
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CEM (continuous emissions monitoring), conservation, Pollution control tech, and allowance trading
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Acid rain Pollution control tech
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Desulfure coal, fluid bed combustion, scrubber, lower sulfer fuel
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Rules and acts on reduction of SO2 (acid rain)in power plants
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Clean air act, Transboundry rule (2204), pre and post combustion clean up
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pre combustion clean up
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change to gas, lower sulfer coal, desulfurized fuels
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combustion cleanup
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Fluidized bed combustion (SOx + NOx reduction), Clean coal tech, , scrubbers, flue gas desulfurization
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fluidized bed combust
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coal crushed,limestone added, limestone absorbs suflur, temp down to 1600 and NO cant be formed, gretaer eff.
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acid gases
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so2, no2, co2, h,cl, hf
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