Acid rain: new SO/sub 2/ controls inevitable

Journal Article · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983 · Power; (United States)

OSTI ID:5944721

Catalano, L; Makansi, J

Acid dead lakes are believed to result from the poor buffering qualities of the surrounding soils, rather than from rain falling directly into the lakes. Lakes are not the only victims. Damage to vegetation is extreme in some areas. Environmentalists urge that the only way to stop this ecological damage is to reduce emissions at powerplants. Utilities vehemently protest this presentation of the problem urging that more conclusive evidence be gathered, perhaps through the use of radioactive tracer elements placed in the emissions of midwestern powerplants and the path of the gases followed. The differences of opinion voiced by the environmentalists vs the utilities makes coming to a decision on this issue very difficult. The various legislative proposals that Congress has to choose from are outlined. Fueling the debate over the various proposals is an inundation of reports from scientific research organizations. Options open to industry to meet the acid-rain emission limits include wet lime/limestone flue-gas desulfurization (FGD), FGD with product recovery, physical coal cleaning, low-sulfur coal switch, spray-dryer FGD, atmospheric fluidized-bed combustion, limestone-injection multistage combustion, and post-injection dry-sorbent injection. 2 figures, 1 table.

• OSTI ID: 5944721
• Journal Information: Power; (United States), Journal Name: Power; (United States) Vol. 127:9; ISSN POWEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
500200* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CLEANING
COAL
COMBUSTION
CONTROL
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
LAKES
LEGISLATION
MATERIALS
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER PLANTS
RAIN
SCRUBBERS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE WATERS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES