EPA industrial boiler FGD survey: first quarter 1979

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5879108· OSTI ID:5879108

Tuttle, J.; Patkar, A.; Kothari, S.; Osterhout, D.; Heffling, M.; Eckstein, M.

The first full-scale United States application of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) technology to industrial boilers was at the General Motors plant in St. Louis, Missouri, where two FGD systems were installed on two coal-fired boilers in 1972. In this 1st quarter 1979 report, 126 operational FGD systems are described. These systems are controlling SO2 emissions from 232 boilers, located at 36 plant sites across the United States. FGD systems at 21 plants are known to be under construction or in some stage of planning. In addition there are 6 installations included in the report where FGD operations have either been terminated, indefinitely shut down, or never started-up. The total coverage of this report is therefore 63 installations. A brief description of the process is given for several installations. Of the more than 170 active (operating, under construction, or planned) FGD units addressed in this report, more than half are being used or scheduled to be used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) sites in California. Because of the fact these units predominate in this report, a brief discussion of the EOR industry is given.

• Research Organization: PEDCO-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5879108
• Report Number(s): EPA-600/7-79-067b
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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010800* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Waste Management
02 PETROLEUM
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42 ENGINEERING
424000 -- Engineering-- Pollution Control Equipment-- (1980-1989)
BOILERS
CALIFORNIA
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DESULFURIZATION
ENERGY SOURCES
ENHANCED RECOVERY
FLUE GAS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL WELLS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM
REMOVAL
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
USA
WASTES
WELLS
WESTERN REGION