Controls for fine particle emissions from industrial sources in California. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Mar 23 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6494350

Patterson, R G; Yung, S; Curran, J; Hancock, B L; Calvert, S

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effectiveness and cost of existing and developing fine particle emission control technologies that can be applied to the major industrial sources in California. Fine particles were defined for this study as those particles having an aerodynamic diameter less than three micrometers. This report presents design information for the fine particle control technologies in four major categories--scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, and cyclone separators. Emission data and process information are given for fuel combustion, food and agriculture, metallurgical, mineral processing, surface coating, incineration, and wood milling applications. Capital and annualized operating costs for ten fine particle control devices--Venturi scrubber, Calvert Collision Scrubber, F/C scrubber, charged spray scrubber, SCAT scrubber, ESP, ESP with SoRI precharger, pulse charging ESP, fabric filter, and electrified filter--were estimated for several levels of fine particle collection efficiency.

• Research Organization: Air Pollution Technology, Inc., San Diego, CA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6494350
• Report Number(s): PB-82-250051
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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