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LIFAC sorbent injection: An alternative SO{sub 2} control strategy

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OSTI ID:41590
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  1. ICF Kaiser Engineers, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
  2. Tampella Power Corp., Atlanta, GA (United States)
This paper discusses the demonstration of LIFAC sorbent injection technology at Richmond Power and Light`s (RP&L) Whitewater Valley Unit No. 2 under the auspices of the US Department of Energy`s (DOE) Clean Coal Technology program. The project is now in the operations phase, with preliminary results showing that the technology is capable of removing 75 to 85 percent of a powerplant`s SO{sub 2} emissions using pulverized limestone at calcium to sulfur molar ratios between 2 and 2.5 to 1. The site of the demonstration is a 60MW coal-fired electric utility powerplant located in Richmond, Indiana. Economic analyses indicate that LIFAC is less expensive to construct, and on a $/ton of SO{sub 2} removed basis, is very competitive with other SO{sub 2} control technologies. The project is being conducted by LIFAC North America, a joint venture partnership of Tampella Power Corporation and ICF Kaiser Engineers, in cooperation with DOE, RP&L, the State of Indiana, Black Beauty Coal Company, and the Electric Power Research Institute.
OSTI ID:
41590
Report Number(s):
CONF-940320--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English