The impact of oil burning on kraft recovery furnace SO sub 2 emissions

Journal Article · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Tappi; (United States)

OSTI ID:5015932

Someshwar, A V ^[1]; Pinkerton, J E ^[2]; Caron, A L ^[3]

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1. NCASI, Gainesville, FL (US)
2. NCASI, New York, NY (US)
3. NCASI, Corvallis, OR (US)

Auxiliary fossil fuel, either natural gas or fuel oil, is burned in kraft recovery furnaces during furnace startups and shutdowns, furnace upsets, and periods of substantially reduced rates of black liquor firing. The efficiency of sulfur capture and retention during normal operation of a kraft recovery furnace is inherently high. Consequently, not all the SO{sub 2} from occasional burning of sulfur-containing fuel oil in the furnace would be expected to end up in the stack gases. However, the extent to which such SO{sub 2} is captured by the alkali fume generation processes has not been well documented. In this paper, the authors examines the impact that burning oil in kraft recovery furnaces has on the SO{sub 2} emissions. The work included analyses of long-term SO{sub 2} data from a continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) obtained for four furnaces that burned medium sulfur fuel oil as auxiliary fuel. It also included tests conducted on four furnaces in which varying amounts of oil were co-fired with black liquor.

• OSTI ID: 5015932
• Journal Information: Tappi; (United States), Journal Name: Tappi; (United States) Vol. 74:4; ISSN 0039-8241; ISSN TAPPA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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