Environmental assessment of a coal/water-slurry-fired industrial boiler. Volume 1. Technical results. Final report, July 1983-April 1985

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5518847

Van Buren, D; Waterland, L R

The report gives results of comprehensive emission measurements and analyses for a 7.6 kg/s (60,000 lb/hr) watertube industrial boiler firing a coal/water slurry. Measurements included continuous monitoring of flue gas; quantitation of semivolatile organics and 73 trace elements; volatile organic sampling train (VOST) quantitation of volatile organic priority pollutants; EPA Method 5/8 for particulate and SOx; controlled condensation for SOx; Andersen impactors for particle-size distribution; and grab samples for N/sub 2/ O. Emissions of NOx, SO/sub 2/, CO, and hydrocarbons averaged 510, 450, 285, and 1 ppm, corrected to 3% oxygen. Particulate emissions were 4.3 g/dscm, and particle size was biased to larger-size fractions with over half of particulate mass at 10 micrometers or greater. Combustible losses were high with over 40% carbon content in particulate. Total organic emissions were 15 to 17 mg/dscm with half in the C1 to C6 range. Napthalene was the only semivolatile detected.

• Research Organization: Acurex Corp., Mountain View, CA (USA). Energy and Environmental Div.
• OSTI ID: 5518847
• Report Number(s): PB-86-183795/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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