Electric power generation alkali metals

The results described earlier demonstrate that the deposition of alkali metal atoms on suitable reactants at low temperatures is a powerful method of generating free radicals. Clearly, the method can, in principle, be extended to the use of other gas-phase atoms as impinging reactants. Hydrogen and deuterium atoms were chosen initially for such a study because of the intrinsic interest in the chemistry of one of the simplest and most important reaction intermediates. Additionally, these atoms are relatively easy to produce by passing the parent molecules through an electric discharge. 

Biomass fueled AFBC is commercial at small capacities commensurate with biomass fuel supplies but is not as widespread as coal-fired AFBC. PFBC with coals is a relatively new commercial power generation technology still being scaled up to base-load electrical utility capacities. No activity on PFBC with biomass fuels is underway, as it is not appropriate for the limited biomass fuel supplies available, and given the practical problems of pressurized biomass fuel operation (fuel feeding, limited bed temperature to avoid agglomeration, high alkali metal vapor potential). 

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