Electrostatic precipitation of condensed acid mist: Third quarterly technical progress report, March 1--May 31, 1989

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5770938· OSTI ID:5770938

Acid mists can sometimes constitute a significant portion of the total particulate emissions from power plants burning high-sulfur coals. A wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP) is the best control option for acid mist. The mist would blind a fabric filter and attack glass fiber fabrics. A wet ESP is required because the acid would quickly corrode the plates in a conventional dry ESP. The wet ESP also offers the advantages of no rapping reentrainment and no sensitivity to fly ash resistivity. The project is organized in two phases. Phase I, which is scheduled for September 1988 to September 1989, involves the WESP fabrication, laboratory and pilot combustor testing, and computer modeling. Phase II, which is scheduled for September 1989 to September 1990, involves the solicitation of a utility demonstration site, preliminary site measurements, and planning for the demonstration test program. Progress on Phase I work is addressed in this discussion. 5 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-88PC88867
• OSTI ID: 5770938
• Report Number(s): DOE/PC/88867-T3; ON: DE89015764
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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