Thirty-day field tests of industrial boilers: site 6 - gas-fired fire-tube boiler. Final report mar 79-mar 80

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6381801

Carter, W A; Buening, H J

This is a final report on a test program to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of combustion modifications on industrial boilers. During previous programs, short-term tests were performed on industrial boilers to determine the effect of combustion modifications on air pollutant emissions such as NOx, SOx, CO, HC, and particulates. The objective of this program was to determine if combustion modification techniques which were effective for short-duration tests are feasible for a longer period. The report gives results of a long-duration field test of a 200-hp fire-tube boiler using low excess air as the NOx control technology. The field test was conducted with the unit firing natural gas and with the normal duty cycle. The mean NO level for the 24-day test was 29.5 ng/J with a geometric dispersion of 1.05.

• Research Organization: KVB, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6381801
• Report Number(s): PB-82-229766
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
421000* -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems
424000 -- Engineering-- Pollution Control Equipment-- (1980-1989)
AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT
BOILERS
BURNERS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COMBUSTION CONTROL
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONTROL
FIELD TESTS
GAS BURNERS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MODIFICATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
TESTING
WASTES