Wet scrubbing of fly ash and SO/sub 2/

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5148269

The scrubber on the Sherco plant of Northern States Power Company at Becker, Minn.--45 miles NW of Minneapolis-St. Paul--has been operating for more than one and a half years. The Sherco station of the NSP in Sherburne County has two 700-MW coal-fired units. Unit 1 started commercial operation May 1976 and Unit 2 in May 1977. The units fire about 400 tons of coal each hour and use about 3 tons of limestone per hour in the scrubbing operation. The coal contains about 9% ash and 0.8% sulfur. Stack gas exit conditions on units 1 and 2 are 0.04 grains/dscf of particulate matter and 350 ppM SO/sub 2/. The scrubbers remove in excess of 50% of the SO/sub 2/ and 99% of the particulate matter to achieve this condition. Units 1 and 2 have C-E boilers, GE turbines, and C-E scrubbers. These units represent a $368 million plant investment; the air pollution controls, including the C-E scrubbers, cost 55 million. Two additional units 3 and 4, are planned for 1981 and 1983, respectively. These units will have B and W (Babcock and Wilcox) boilers, Westinghouse turbines, and C-E scrubbers. The newer scrubbers will get the particulate loading down to an equivalent stack gas exit condition of 0.02 grains/dscf.

• OSTI ID: 5148269
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States) Vol. 11:12; ISSN ESTHA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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