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Limestone scrubbing for 2000 flue gas desulfurization system. Final report, October 1, 1993--April 1, 1997
Abstract
As emission limits for sulfur dioxide from utility coal-fired boilers become lower due to increased regulation and environmental concern around the globe, power generating companies require increasingly cost-effective pollution control technology in order to maintain or reduce the cost of electricity to the end user. Limestone based wet flue gas desulfurization, or WFGD, is the preferred sulfur dioxide removal technology for utilities in the US and worldwide. This is a result of its extensive reference list, lower risks, and lower evaluated overall costs. For more than two decades ABB has supplied WFGD systems and currently has greater than 29,000 MWe of scrubbing capacity in operation. Given the industry`s ever-present need for lower costs, ABB funds a continuous research and development program focused on technology advancements that will reduce both capital and operating costs for its customers. As a result of this effort the LS-2 Concept WFGD System was developed through revolutionary design changes in every significant subprocess of conventional WFGD technology. To demonstrate the cumulative effects of all the individual advancements of the LS-2 Concept and to prove the process`s viability and cost-efficiency under representative US power plant conditions, the Limestone Scrubbing for 2000 project was initiated. This report ismore »
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- ABB Environmental Systems, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 290815
- Report Number(s):
- OCDO-99000149
R&D Project: CDO/D-932-1; ON: DE99000149; TRN: AHC29901%%20
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 16 Oct 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; PROGRESS REPORT; COAL; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING PROCESSES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; MODIFICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA
Citation Formats
. Limestone scrubbing for 2000 flue gas desulfurization system. Final report, October 1, 1993--April 1, 1997. United States: N. p., 1998.
Web. doi:10.2172/290815.
. Limestone scrubbing for 2000 flue gas desulfurization system. Final report, October 1, 1993--April 1, 1997. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/290815
. 1998.
"Limestone scrubbing for 2000 flue gas desulfurization system. Final report, October 1, 1993--April 1, 1997". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/290815. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/290815.
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title = {Limestone scrubbing for 2000 flue gas desulfurization system. Final report, October 1, 1993--April 1, 1997},
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abstractNote = {As emission limits for sulfur dioxide from utility coal-fired boilers become lower due to increased regulation and environmental concern around the globe, power generating companies require increasingly cost-effective pollution control technology in order to maintain or reduce the cost of electricity to the end user. Limestone based wet flue gas desulfurization, or WFGD, is the preferred sulfur dioxide removal technology for utilities in the US and worldwide. This is a result of its extensive reference list, lower risks, and lower evaluated overall costs. For more than two decades ABB has supplied WFGD systems and currently has greater than 29,000 MWe of scrubbing capacity in operation. Given the industry`s ever-present need for lower costs, ABB funds a continuous research and development program focused on technology advancements that will reduce both capital and operating costs for its customers. As a result of this effort the LS-2 Concept WFGD System was developed through revolutionary design changes in every significant subprocess of conventional WFGD technology. To demonstrate the cumulative effects of all the individual advancements of the LS-2 Concept and to prove the process`s viability and cost-efficiency under representative US power plant conditions, the Limestone Scrubbing for 2000 project was initiated. This report is the final submittal to the Ohio Coal Development Office to document the results of this demonstrate project. The four-phase project execution, from the initial design and procurement through erection and extensive testing, proceeded as scheduled and on budget. The project resulted in a successful reference program that illustrates, in detail, the improved efficiencies and costs of the LS-2 advancements.},
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year = {Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
month = {Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 EDT 1998}
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