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Scrubbers are good

Journal Article · · PETC Review (Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center); (United States)
OSTI ID:5439491
A flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system, commonly known as a scrubber, is a separate gas cleaning facility installed at the back end of a power plant to remove sulfur dioxide (SO{sub 2}). Recent public debate over acid rain control legislation revolved largely around the negative aspects of first-generation scrubbers: their high cost, large size, poor reliability, high energy consumption, and the production of large amounts of scrubber sludge. Now that the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 have been enacted, advanced scrubber technologies offer one of the most attractive routes for compliance. Compared with their forebears, these new scrubbers are cost-effective, easily retrofitted, highly reliable, energy efficient, and environmentally benign. Advanced scrubbers will be an important element in the spectrum of new technologies that will allow coal, especially the high-sulfur varieties, to successfully compete for energy markets in the 1990s and beyond.
OSTI ID:
5439491
Journal Information:
PETC Review (Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center); (United States), Journal Name: PETC Review (Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center); (United States) Vol. 5; ISSN PERVE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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