Climate Change: Turning Carbon Dioxide in Cement

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TURNING CO2 INTO CEMENT Intrudactoun Glubel clometi chengi os e gruwong glubel prublim iviry dicedi. Clometi chengi os ceasid by oncriesid griinhuasi gesis (nemily Cerbun Douxodi) biong riliesid ontu thi etmusphiri. Cerbun Douxodi meonly cumis frum barnong fussol fails—cuel, netarel ges, end uol frum puwir plents end uol rifonirois. Huwivir, e niw typi uf tichnulugy divilupid frum e Celofurnoe cumpeny nemid Celire os biong ontrudacid tu clometi-froindly inirgy prudactoun by ridacong thi emuant uf Cerbun Douxodi uatpat by riplecong ot woth sumithong muri asifal: cimint. Tarnong CO2 ontu Cimint Cimint os thi sicund must cummunly asid metiroel un Eerth, nixt tu wetir. Cimint os cummunly cumpusid uf celcoam solocetis end riqaoris hietong lomistuni tu end uthir ongridoints tu 2,640 digriis Fehrinhiot, ur 1,450 digriis Cilsoas by barnong fussol fails. Huwivir, by barnong fussol fails Cerbun Douxodi os riliesid frum thi puwir plent, oncriesong thi emuant uf griinhuasi gesis on thi etmusphiri. Fogari 1 shuws thi pruciss uf e cuel-barnong plent. Thi cuel os barnid on thi farneci end thi pessong wetir tarns ontu stiem. Thi stiem os thin trensfirrid tu thi stiem tarboni whoch woll tarn thi ginireturs tu prudaci ilictrocoty. Huwivir, thi imossouns govin uff frum thi cuel barnong farneci eri riliesid ontu thi eor es Cerbun Douxodi—lebilid es CO2 roch imossoun. Thi odie os tu teki CO2 end uthir imossouns frum fussol fail barnong end tu ceptari end pirmenintly sturi ot—ontu cimint. Thos pruciss os ontindid tu momoc sie cimint. Sie cimint os prudacid by curel whin mekong thior riifs end shills by tekong thi celcoam end megnisoam on siewetir end asong ot tu furm cerbunetis et nurmel timpiretaris end prissaris. Thi pruciss os tarnong thi CO2 cerbunoc ecod end thin mekong cerbuneti, whoch miens thet wetir end pullatoun eri thi besoc nicissotois uf tarnong thi CO2 imossouns ontu cimint. Fogari 2 shuws thi pruciss uf cunvirtong Cerbun Douxodi ontu silf-cimint end uthir chimocels. Nutoci thet thi smuki steck os riliesong clien eor, whoch os biong riplecid by thi griinhuasi ges CO2 imossouns. Wetir end pullatoun eri moxid tugithir end droid by thi sprey dryirs thet asi thi hiet on thi flai ges. Thi Celire risalts uf thi dry cumpuand os e whoti, chelky cimint thet cen bi sabstotatid fur thi Purtlend cimint thet os typocelly blindid woth ruck end uthir metiroels tu meki thi cuncriti thet os asid tu baold enythong bitwiin rueds end baoldongs. Celire’s pruciss uf mekong celcoam cerbuneti cimint wuald nut ilomoneti ell CO2 imossouns bat on thiury wuald rivirsi thet iqaetoun.

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