Size distribution of metals in particulate matter formed during combustion of residual fuel oil
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, DC (United States)
- Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Oswego, NY (United States)
- Florida Power & Light Co., West Palm Beach, FL (United States)
- Long Island Lighting Co., Glenwood Landing, NY (United States); and others
Between July 1992 and January 1993 three full-scale test programs were performed by Carnot for the Electric Power Research Institute and the Fuel Oil Users` Support (FOUS) Group, as part of a program for development and testing of various stack emissions models. One of the components of the program was determination of the concentrations of individual elements as a function of the size of particles suspended in flue gas. The size distributions of species are important because several aspects of system performance depend upon particulate matter size and composition: (1) the rate of ash deposition in the convection section, and activity of deposits for high temperature corrosion and SO{sub 3} formation, (2) the efficiency of precipitators for collection of individual elements, and (3) scattering of visible light and contribution of particles to stack plume opacity. Size distributions of major ash constituents were measured at the entrance and exit of the dust collectors during each of the field tests. To the authors` knowledge, these are the first reports of such measurements in residual oil-fired utility boilers. The focus, in the present paper, is on the composition of the particles entering the dust collectors.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Carnot, Tustin, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 35493
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-103990; CONF-9310354-; TRN: 95:002413-0009
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1993 fuel oil utilization workshop, Baltimore, MD (United States), 27-28 Oct 1993; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: 1993 fuel oil utilization workshop; PB: 217 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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