In what time period, Madan? 1000 MW is a quantity of power but 9000 t of coal produce a certain amount of energy. Scott has shown the need to account for atomic masses in the stoichiometry. To recap, your statement that 1 unit of coal combines with 2 units of oxygen is correct only if "unit" means "atom". But 12 g of carbon combine with 32 g of oxygen to produce 44 g of CO2. Actually, coal is closer to being 75 % to 84 % carbon (bituminous and anthracite, respectively). I just ran across those numbers for a project I'm working on (an encyclopedia article on nuclear power plants) and I'll try to go back and find them. What we haven't talked about yet are the important pollutants SOx and NOx, where the x's represent variable coefficients of the sulfur dioxides and nitrogen dioxides. My article includes data on this also so I'll dig it out and post it in case you wish to include it in your reply. Jim M R wrote: > > Hi > > In yesterday's (2001-07-23) edition of Washington > Post, there was an article on Nuclear Fusion Power, > and a table of comparison showing the difference > between fusion and thermal power gives this info. > > To power a 1000 MW thermal power plant, it takes 9,000 > tons of coal and it gives of 30,000 tons of co2 > emission. > > Even if 1 unit of carbon combines with 2 units of > oxygen to form co2, it should give < 27,000 tons of > co2 (9,000 tons carbon + 18,000 tons oxygen) , > and if we eliminate the ash and other substances, the > figure should be much lesser. I really wonder whether > they meant 30,000 tons or 30,000 pounds. > > And they have given the waste for nuclear materials in > pounds. > > Before responding to Washington Post, I would like > someone to comment on this. > > As for the success of the Kyoto Protocol, I > congratulate our friends in Europe, Canada, Russia, > Japan, Australia, etc for the role played by their > governments. > > 1 day, they may forge an SI protocol which allows SI > only products within member countries. > > Madan > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger > http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
