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  • UIUC group develops steam condenser coating that could boost global power efficiency

    Sep 11, 2023 2:15 pm
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    The coating is for steam condensers used in fossil fuel steam-cycle generation, and it could boost the overall process efficiency by 2% - savings megatons of carbon dioxide and trillions of gallons of water each year globally.