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Title: Agricultural use of a flue gas desulfurization by-product

Abstract

Few, if any, economical alternatives exist for operators of small coal-fired boilers that require a flue-gas desulfurization system which does not generate wastes. A new duct-injection technology called Fluesorbent has been developed to help fill this gap. Fluesorbent FGD was intentionally designed so that the saturated SO{sub 2}-sorbent materials would be valuable soil amendments for agricultural or turf-grass land. Agricultural and turf grass studies recently commenced using spent Fluesorbent materials from an FGD pilot program at an Ohio power plant. In the first year of testing, alfalfa yields on field plots with the FGD by-products were approximately 250% greater than on plots with no treatment, and about 40% greater than on plots treated with an equivalent amount of agricultural lime. Because the FGD by-products contained trace elements from included fly ash, the chemical composition of the alfalfa was significantly improved. Detailed yield and chemical data are presented.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH (United States). Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
  2. Sorbent Technologies Corp., Twinsburg, OH (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
679372
Report Number(s):
CONF-980632-
TRN: IM9940%%191
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 91. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, San Diego, CA (United States), 14-18 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 91. annual meeting and exhibition. Bridging international boundaries: Clean production for environmental stewardship; PB: [5000] p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; COAL; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; BY-PRODUCTS; ADSORBENTS; SOILS; AGRICULTURE

Citation Formats

Dick, W, Chen, L, and Nelson, S Jr. Agricultural use of a flue gas desulfurization by-product. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Dick, W, Chen, L, & Nelson, S Jr. Agricultural use of a flue gas desulfurization by-product. United States.
Dick, W, Chen, L, and Nelson, S Jr. 1998. "Agricultural use of a flue gas desulfurization by-product". United States.
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author = {Dick, W and Chen, L and Nelson, S Jr},
abstractNote = {Few, if any, economical alternatives exist for operators of small coal-fired boilers that require a flue-gas desulfurization system which does not generate wastes. A new duct-injection technology called Fluesorbent has been developed to help fill this gap. Fluesorbent FGD was intentionally designed so that the saturated SO{sub 2}-sorbent materials would be valuable soil amendments for agricultural or turf-grass land. Agricultural and turf grass studies recently commenced using spent Fluesorbent materials from an FGD pilot program at an Ohio power plant. In the first year of testing, alfalfa yields on field plots with the FGD by-products were approximately 250% greater than on plots with no treatment, and about 40% greater than on plots treated with an equivalent amount of agricultural lime. Because the FGD by-products contained trace elements from included fly ash, the chemical composition of the alfalfa was significantly improved. Detailed yield and chemical data are presented.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Thu Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1998}
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