Survey of European technology developments of SO/sub x//NO/sub x/ flue gas clean up for coal-fired boilers, also free piston stirling engines and coal tar burning diesel engines

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:5345063

In an effort to identify advanced RD and D projects as candidates for joint ventures and/or introduction to the US, European technology developments in the area of flue gas cleanup were surveyed. This survey covers both wet and dry scrubbers for coal-fired boilers and includes advanced systems for removal of SO/sub x/ or combined SO/sub x//NO/sub x/ removal. Information on lime/limestone scrubbers is limited to a tabulation of commercial sized installations. Emphasis is based on demonstrations and suggestions are provided as to why the particular projects are considered to be in advance of US technology. Areas of Europe covered are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. With a lower priority, Austria, Spain, and Switzerland were screened for the existence of relevant work. This survey allows the following tentative conclusions: (1) the most relevant work is performed in Germany and Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway and Sweden). Work of some relevance was identified in the Netherlands and Italy; and (2) except for Germany, where FGD is applied commercially, no coal-fired lime/limestone scrubbers are operating commercially in the surveyed countries. (Outside Germany, the only operating lime/limestone scrubber is a 35 MW oil-fired unit in Stockholm). Four processes examined in Germany are described in some detail.

• Research Organization: Galaxy, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-79SF10538
• OSTI ID: 5345063
• Report Number(s): DOE/SF/10538-T12-Vol.1; ON: DE82008005
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
AMMONIA
AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS
AMMONIUM SULFATES
BERGBAUFORSCHUNG PROCESS
BOILERS
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM SULFATES
CARBON
CEA-ADL DUAL ALKALI PROCESS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DENMARK
DESULFURIZATION
DRYING
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
FERTILIZERS
FLUE GAS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
GASEOUS WASTES
GYPSUM
HEAT ENGINES
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LIME-LIMESTONE WET SCRUBBING PROCESSES
MINERALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NITROGEN OXIDES
NONMETALS
NORWAY
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER PLANTS
REGENERATION
SAARBERG-HOLTER PROCESS
SCANDINAVIA
SCRUBBERS
SCRUBBING
SPRAY DRYING
STIRLING ENGINES
SULFATE MINERALS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SWEDEN
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTES
WESTERN EUROPE