Burn problem fuel oils without emissions headaches
Suggests that if particulate emissions from oil-fired boilers are not what they should be, the problem may be the quality of the oil or how that quality is determined. Shows how an electric utility was able to pinpoint a problem it recently had with one of its units that burns low-quality fuel oil, and subsequently reduced its emissions through a combination of equipment optimization techniques and fuel additives. Presents graphs which show that: lower viscosities reduce emissions; suspended-sediment-by-hot-filtration (SHF) in the feed oil has a linear effect on particulate emissions; and balancing catalyst rates with percent O/sub 2/ is an economic imperative when reducing emissions from an oil-fired boiler.
- Research Organization:
- Northeast Utilities Service Co.
- OSTI ID:
- 5847699
- Journal Information:
- Power; (United States), Vol. 127:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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