(Passamaquoddy Technology Recovery Scrubber trademark , March 1992)

Technical Report · Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7074941· OSTI ID:7074941

The Passamaquoddy Technology Recovery Scrubber{trademark} has been built and is being demonstrated on-line at the Dragon Products Plant in Thomaston, Maine. This Innovative Clean Coal Technology is using waste cement kiln dust (CKD) to scrub sulfur dioxide, some NO{sub x}, as well as a small amount of carbon dioxide from a coal burning kiln exhaust flue gas. The process also enables the cement plant to reuse the treated CKD, eliminating the need to landfill this material. Potassium, the offending contaminant in the CKD, is extracted in a useful form, potassium sulfate, which is used as a fertilizer. These useful products generate income from operation of this Recovery Scrubber. System start-up was begun in late December of 1990. At that time, several mechanical problems were encountered. These relatively minor problems were resolved enabling Phase III to begin on August 20, 1991. While inefficiencies are still being worked out, major program objectives are being met. Resolution of remaining operability problems is well in hand and should not hamper attainment of all project goals.

• Research Organization: Passamaquoddy Tribe, Thomaston, ME (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC22-90PC89657
• OSTI ID: 7074941
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/89657-T1; ON: DE92019868
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
DUSTS
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
FLUE GAS
SCRUBBING
KILNS
POTASSIUM SULFATES
MATERIALS RECOVERY
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
CEMENT INDUSTRY
CRYSTALLIZATION
DENITRIFICATION
DESIGN
DESULFURIZATION
FERTILIZERS
US CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
GASEOUS WASTES
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
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320305 - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management