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Title: FGD gypsum issues

Journal Article · · Power Engineering (Barrington)
OSTI ID:21004924

The article first explains how gypsum by-product is produced in flue gas desulfurization systems in coal-fired power plants. It goes on to talk about the main markets for gypsum - wallboard manufacture (Plaster of Paris), cement production and soil stabilization. In the USA in 2006 41.6 million tons of gypsum was used by manufacturers of wallboard and plaster products, 3.0 mt for cement production and 1.1 mt for agricultural purposes. A method of determining the by-product gypsum content by thermogravimetric analysis is outlined. 4 refs., 1 fig.

OSTI ID:
21004924
Journal Information:
Power Engineering (Barrington), Vol. 111, Issue 11; ISSN 0032-5961
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English