Guidebook to the applicability of flue gas desulfurization for industrial coal-fired boilers

Technical Report · Wed Jul 27 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6217840· OSTI ID:6217840

One important element of this nation's energy policy is to increase reliance on coal instead of scarce domestic natural gas and oil supplies or imported oil. A sector with major future potential for coal use is industrial plant energy use since utilities are already heavily reliant on coal and are planning to increase their reliance on coal in the future. Efforts to encourage the industrial sector to place greater reliance on coal in fuel burning installations must also consider methods of insuring that increased coal utilization is compatible with the protection of the environment. In comparison with oil or natural gas, coal combustion tends to generate higher emissions of sulfur oxides and particulates. Solid waste disposal problems associated with coal use are also much greater. One means of reducing sulfur and particulate emissions to acceptable levels is through the application of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) equipment. These devices, installed near the fuel combustor, scrub the flue gases resulting from combustion to remove sulfur and fly ash. The overall purpose of this report is to serve as a guide to the prospective industrial user of FGD equipment on coal-fired boilers by providing an evaluation of operating experience with FGD systems on industrial boilers and by providing comparisions of the general types of FGD equipment available.

• Research Organization: Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc., Arlington, VA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6217840
• Report Number(s): DOE/TIC-10150
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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