Demonstrating LIMB: A clean-coal technology. [Limestone Injection Multi-stage Burner]

Journal Article · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Water Environment amp Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5118795

Hathaway, R E; Kanary, D A ^[1]

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1. Ohio Edison Co., Akron, OH (United States)

A full-scale demonstration of Limestone Injection Multi-Stage Burner (LIMB) technology is being done on a 105-MW wall-fired boiler at the Ohio Edison Company's Edgewater Plant in Lorain. The original objective of the LIMB project was to demonstrate that injection of limestone or lime-based sorbents into the combustion gases in the upper furnace of coal-burning power plants can result in a 50 to 60% reduction in SO{sub 2}, and that the specially designed multi-stage coal-combustion burners used in the project significantly retard NO{sub x} formation. The paper describes the Base LIMB process, the LIMB with Humidification, and Coolside, a modification which uses the humidifier to cool fuel gas to increase the solubility of SO{sub 2} in water.

• OSTI ID: 5118795
• Journal Information: Water Environment amp Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Water Environment amp Technology; (United States) Vol. 1:3; ISSN 1044-9493; ISSN WAETE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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