If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent innovation to the steam cycle used in fossil fuel power generation could achieve this.

Steam condenser coating could save 460 million tons of carbon dioxide annually:: If coal and natural gas power generation were 2% more efficient, then every year, there could be 460 million fewer tons of carbon dioxide released and 2 trillion fewer gallons of water used. A recent innovation to the steam cycle used in fossil fuel power generation could achieve this.

  • devious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    “If our F-DLC coating were adopted globally, it would noticeably curtail carbon emissions and water usage for the existing power infrastructure”

    There are clearly benefits to increasing the efficiency of the steam cycle, but I feel like for 2% this is a bit of an overstatement.

    • MNByChoice@midwest.socialEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Skepticism is good, but if it would seem they have checked things out.

      improved the heat transfer properties by a factor of 20, which translates to a 2% overall process boost.

      They also ran some durability tests, that pass my poorly informed laymen’s bar of reasonable. (5K scratches and a different test of about 3 years in open.)

      Edit: A chemist I know days “PFAS”.