Patent ID: 8425631

Claim:
A fuel usable in a fossil-fuel-fired system to control the emissions communicated by the fossil-fuel-fired system into the atmosphere, the fuel comprising: a. at least one combustible material; and b. an organic-emissions-control agent comprising a particulate superabsorbent polymer having a size less than about 850 μm at an amount of from: (i) about 0.01 weight % to about 0.5 weight % of the fuel fed to the furnace of the fossil-fuel-fired system, or (ii) about 0.2 pound/ton of fuel to about 10 pounds/ton of the fuel fed to said furnace, wherein the organic-emissions-control agent is capable of interacting with one of the fuel, the combustion products of the fuel, and the fuel and combustion products of the fuel so as to reduce the emission of at least one aspect of the flue-gas thereby controlling the emissions communicated by the fossil-fuel-fired system into the atmosphere.