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Bio-Desulfurization of Coal Using Biotechnological Approach, Making Coal a Less Harmful Fuel

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Combustion of raw coal can generate energy which can be used for commercial purpose. As energy from natural gas or crude oil is available in high price, the demand of harvesting of coal for energy is high. So many countries have high resource of coal but they cannot utilize it because of high amount of sulfur oxides emission which can be the cause of serious environmental problems. Combustion of coal generates high amount of sulfur dioxides which also incite the acid rain by mixing with in the atmosphere. To use the coal as energy it is required to reduce the emission of toxic sulfur oxides which can be useful to contribute in sustainable development. The removal of sulfur from coal is difficult for so many reasons, mainly for the complicated structures. Many technologies have been developed to clean coal for improving and encouraging the utilization of coal. Recently, biological process of desulfurization took a big step towards the development of clean coal technology. The basic concept of different technologies for desulfurization has been discussed in this study.

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Ishfaq, H.A., Banerjee, A., Qamar, S. (2021). Bio-Desulfurization of Coal Using Biotechnological Approach, Making Coal a Less Harmful Fuel. In: Jyothi, R.K., Parhi, P.K. (eds) Clean Coal Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68502-7_7

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