Environmental assessment of an enhanced-oil-recovery steam generator equipped with a low-NOx burner. Volume 1. Technical results. Final report, January 1984-January 1985

Technical Report · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5785232

Castaldini, C; Waterland, L R; Lips, H I

The report discusses results from sampling flue gas from an enhanced-oil-recovery steam generator (EOR steamer) equipped with an MHI PM low-NOx burner. The tests included burner performance/emission mapping tests, comparative testing of an identical steamer equipped with a conventional burner, and comprehensive testing of the low-NOx-burner-equipped steamer. Comprehensive test measurements included continuous flue-gas monitoring; source assessment sampling system testing with subsequent laboratory analysis to give total flue-gas organics in two boiling point ranges and specific quantitation on the semivolatile organic priority pollutants; C1 to C6 hydrocarbon sampling; Methods 5/8 sampling for particulate and SO/sub 2/ and SO/sub 3/ emissions; and emitted particle size distribution tests using Andersen impactors. Full-load NOx emissions of 110 ppm (3% O/sub 2/) could be maintained from the low-NOx burner at acceptable CO and smoke emissions, compared to about 300 ppm (3% O/sub 2/) from the conventional-burner-equipped steamer. At the low-NOx condition, CO, SO/sub 2/, and SO/sub 3/ emissions were 93, 594, and 3.1 ppm, respectively. Particulate emissions were 39 mg/dscm with a mean particle diameter of 3 to 4 micrometers. Total organic emissions were 11.1 mg/dscm, almost exclusively volatile (C1 to C6) organics. Three PAHs were detected at from 0.1 to 1.4 micrograms/dscm.

• Research Organization: Acurex Corp., Mountain View, CA (USA). Energy and Environmental Div.
• OSTI ID: 5785232
• Report Number(s): PB-86-159837/XAB; ACUREX/TR-84-161/EE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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