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| William B. Hearn posted This morning [Aug 30, 2023] at Pleasants Power Station. Unit #1 back on line!! William B. Hearn shared Joey Argubright: What type of boiler is it that it can just convert to hydrogen? I feel like it burns way different. William B. Hearn: Joey Argubright They came back online with coal. The boiler conversion will take place in about 2 years after the coal to hydrogen plant is built on site. They will also produce high-grade graphite for EV batteries. The amount of coal used by the plant will probably double. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_production |
Omnis Global Technologies, who bought the plant. plans to build a plant next door that makes graphite, which is in demand to make batteries for electrical vehicles. The process that makes graphite from coal produces hydrogen as a byproduct. So they will use the power plant to make use of the hydrogen. But this process has never been done on this scale. Some analysts don't believe Omnis can do it. "Hodson acknowledged the challenges facing other graphite makers and power companies, but said Omnis has technology to overcome the obstacles after spending 12 years refining its pyrolysis process. Pyrolysis normally generates large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, but Hodson said he has developed a way to eliminate those by heating the material at temperatures above 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit." [politico]
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| wvgazettemail, courtesy of Omnis Fuel Technologies "Omnis intends to double the amount of coal that traditionally has been consumed at Pleasants as a hydrogen-run plant, Hulme said. Under Quantum Pleasants, technology would convert coal to hydrogen through an ultra-high-heat process that doesn’t burn the coal. Instead, hydrogen produced by vaporizing coal particles at high heat — around 3,000 degrees Celsius — will be piped into the power plant, with electricity generated from burning the hydrogen, according to Hulme. Hulme estimates roughly 60% of the coal mass would come out as graphite, yielding 3 million-3.5 million tons of graphite per year." |
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| 1 of 3 photosposted by Save Pleasants Power Journey complete, both Units at Pleasants Power back online. William B. Hearn shared |
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