Retrofit FGD system price trends and influence factors
- Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, IL (United States). Air and Water Quality Div.
Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) is a mature technology. The basic system has been applied to utility boiler systems since the early 1970s. As this technology approaches its 30th birthday, the authors look at recent improvements that should provide both capital cost improvements and operability improvements. The authors expect that continued improvements in lowering FGD system costs will be advantageous to the wider applicability of the technology. In this paper the authors examine the cost history of wet FGD systems over the course of their approximately thee decades of service. Over these 30 years they have seen the costs of FGD systems drop by almost 70%. They also examine new developments in the application of wet FGD systems and the potential reduction in capital and operating costs that result from these improvements. Finally, the authors examine the other factors that enhance the specification, purchase, cost-effective erection, and operation of successful FGD installations.
- OSTI ID:
- 318983
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980426-; TRN: IM9909%%145
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 14-16 Apr 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the American Power Conference: Volume 60-1; McBride, A.E. [ed.] [Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)]; PB: 613 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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