How would burning low sulfur coal affect the acidity of rain?

Answer 1

Regardless of the sulfur content of different grades, burning a lower sulfur-content coal will result in less sulfur being converted to sulfur oxides. Because a combination of sulfur oxides and water vapour produces sulfuric acid, which is responsible for acid rain, less of it being produced and introduced to the atmosphere means less acid being made. Thus less acid rain occurs.

Answer 2

Humans have changed the water by pouring all the waste in the waters and burning coal which causes acid rain and also the green house affect which also is cause by the green house effect

Well as you can see our main opponent here is sulfur dioxide which is caused by coal burning. How to fix this well that's what you're here for, and that's what you can thank science for! "what has science done "oh my gosh don't be a fool science has done most it even almost created the way of burning fossil fuels them self, more to the point science figured a way too still burn coal but get less sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides of it the number one is to use coal that contains less sulfur were to get that from? well Low sulfur coal is surface mined in the Western states of Wyoming and Montana. Transportation costs are much higher though. Option number two is well to "wash" the coal to remove some of the sulfur. and the last but not least is that the coal burning power plant can install this equipment called scrubbers, which remove the sulfur dioxide from gases leaving the smokestack. Because nitrogen oxides are created in a process of burning coal and most fossil fuels ok I'm mistaking all fossil fuels. uh and I almost forgot some coal burning power plants change the way they burn coal! .well know let's focus on a specific way umm lets choose option one for now, so I'll give a bit more information about the less sulfur coal (and I think it was the most confusing or not making sense) but that's my opinion! So back to point how does this whole project work? well ill explain it to you!!. When a coal is washed/cleaned up using this flotation device only pyrite rejection is generally poor as the mineral acquires water it behaves similar to coal both coal and pyrite will attach to air bubbles and float the whole process was tested and the test results showed that the process can remove 85 to 95 percent of pyrite from high sulfur coals. So now little-to-medium sulfur coals can be reduced to approximately less that 10-15% of sulfur dioxide! who made this device process or call it whatever you like but it was developed by Virginia Tech in the early 1980s

The effects of low sulfur coal on the environment is that firstly its helping our health and we are well being more healthier because well imagine breathing in all those oxides and dioxides in exact the sulfur dioxide and the nitrogen oxides well and also the main point is that it's affecting global warming which is affecting us which is also getting us killed and so on well moving on to my point it also reduces acid rain and since I'm doing water , lakes seas and etc my point is that it reduces acid rain which reduces the animals getting extinced and then endangered of course I mean if there was acid dropping on your head/habitat wouldn't you die yes you would and how does the sea affect you well I bet you don't even care well how it affects you I'll tell you first the fish get poisoned and eventually die but I mean that's no problem who cares huh well than we don't have fish no big deal could it meat chicken and vegetables ok but then the reason of the fish and other sea creatures dying was the poising in the lake or sea well then the animals there will die and eventualy all animals will die out because they have to have water and if the water has acid in it you simply don't live so the animals have died huh well no big deal I mean we could eat vegetables and stuff and drink filtrated or cleaned water no big deal huh well do you think that rain only rains over the seas and stuff you are wrong it will kill your crops murder them you will die of hunger or you will just simply have horrible life! And not just it you will kill the earth the plants the green house effect would simply make it even worse and that's how the world would end !!!. but unless you start using less sulfur coal then that all want happen to you and you will live happily ever after.

Answer 3

Burning low sulfur coal would likely decrease the acidity of rain. Sulfur dioxide emissions from burning coal can combine with water vapor in the atmosphere to form sulfuric acid, a key contributor to acid rain. Reducing sulfur emissions by using low sulfur coal helps lessen the formation of sulfuric acid and, therefore, decreases the acidity of rain.