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An investigation of the mechanisms of flue gas desulfurization by in-duct dry sorbent injection

Journal Article · · Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie00085a005· OSTI ID:6213370
The mechanisms of SO/sub 2/ capture by hydrated lime particles entrained in humid flue gas were investigated in pilot-scale tests. The mechanisms are applicable to emerging in-duct dry sorbent injection processes, which involve dry sorbent injection and flue gas humidification by water spraying downstream of the air preheater in a coal-fired boiler system. SO/sub 2/ removals were measured over 2-s contact time at approaches to the adiabatic saturation temperature ranging from 5 to 35 K, in the presence and absence of evaporating water droplets. Hydrated lime removed significant SO/sub 2/ from humid flue gas in the absence of water droplets. The amount of SO/sub 2/ capture by this gas-solid reaction increased with the increasing humidity and was proportional to the layers of absorbed moisture on lime that would be in equilibrium with the humid flue gas. The presence of evaporating water droplets significantly enhanced the SO/sub 2/ removal and, thus, indicated that strong particle-droplet interactions occur. This enhancement was greater with larger droplets.
Research Organization:
Consolidation Coal Research and Development, Library, PA (US)
OSTI ID:
6213370
Journal Information:
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.; (United States) Vol. 28:1; ISSN IECRE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English