Technological Control of Acid Rain

Abstract

Serious air pollution is caused by a huge consumption of fossil fuel during the period of high growth of economy without reasonable policy and technology. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, which are mainly emitted from the fuel combustors, are oxidized in the air and result in acidification of the environment in the wide areas over the border of countries.
This paper describes a technical review concerning with the fossil fuel properties, coal cleaning, oil refining, combustion control and treatment of the emission to cope with the acid rain. The countermeosures of the acid rain by hydrogen-enrichment in fuels, energy saving and cleanergy utiligation would also cope with the glodal envivonmental issue.