Shawnee Test Program. TVA Shawnee Test Facility. Final technical report, December 26, 1980-May 31, 1981

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6084994

Barkley, J B; Garrison, F C; Runyan, R A; Wells, W L

Tests were conducted on train 100 (spray tower) at the Shawnee Test Facility between December 26, 1980, and May 30, 1981. Objectives were, respectively, to demonstrate the ability to operate a limestone scrubber on flue gas from high-sulfur coal using adipic acid slurry additive and forced oxidation long term without scale buildup at >90% SO/sub 2/ removal; to obtain factorial test data on a limestone spray tower system using forced oxidation and adipic acid; to evaluate the effect of changing spray header height and direction in a spray tower on SO/sub 2/ removal; and to determine if sodium thiosulfate is effective as a slurry additive to inhibit sulfate scale buildup. Operating conditions were determined wherein acceptable SO/sub 2/ removal (90 percent minimum) could be obtained over a three month period using limestone and adipic acid with forced oxidation. Quantitative relationships between spray header height, spray direction, and SO/sub 2/ removal were obtained for a spray tower having multi-level spray headers. Sodium thiosulfate added at a rate to maintain a 250 ppM level in the scrubber slurry under specific operating conditions was found to inhibit crystallization of sulfate from solution and to remove sulfate scale buildup already in place.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-81FE15034
• OSTI ID: 6084994
• Report Number(s): DOE/FE/15034-1415; ON: DE83012519
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Microfiche only, copy does not permit paper copy reproduction
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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