Hazardous air pollutant emissions from coal fired power plants
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
- Dept. of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Title 3 of the 1990 Clean air Act Amendments (CAAA) mandated that the U.S. environmental Protection Agency (EPA) evaluate emissions and health risks associated with 189 hazardous air pollutants emitted from the stacks of electric utility steam generating stations. EPA is currently proceeding with the electric utility study and expects to summarize its findings in a report to Congress in 1995. In anticipation of the CAAA, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) initiated the Power Plant Integrated Systems: Chemical Emission Studies (PISCES) research program. Parallel to EPRI`s efforts, the Department of Energy (DOE) had conducted field measurements as part of two DOE studies -- the Clean Coal Technology program and the Comprehensive Assessment of Air Toxic Emissions from Coal-fired Power Plants. The combined EPRI and DOE efforts have sampled over a range of fuels, boiler configurations, particulate control technologies, flue gas desulfurization systems, and NO{sub x} control technologies. This paper presents some preliminary emission results from coal-fired power plants.
- OSTI ID:
- 43237
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940930-; TRN: IM9521%%403
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. annual international Pittsburgh coal conference: coal, energy and the environment, Pittsburgh, PA (United States), 12-16 Sep 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Eleventh annual international Pittsburgh coal conference proceedings: Volume 1; Chiang, S.H. [ed.]; PB: 828 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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