Sulfur dioxide oxidation and plume formation at cement kilns

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/es60170a010· OSTI ID:6645951

Dellinger, B; Grotecloss, G; Fortune, C R; Cheney, J L; Homolya, J B

Results of source sampling at the Glens Falls cement kiln in Glens Falls, N.Y., are reported for sulfur oxides, ammonia, hydrochloric acid, oxygen, and moisture content. The origin of a detached, high-opacity, persistent plume originating from the cement kiln stack is investigated. It is proposed that this plume is due to ammonium salts of SOx and sulfuric acid that have been formed in condensed water droplets in the plume by the pseudocatalytic action of ammonia. (1 diagram, 1 graph, 22 references, 7 tables)

• Research Organization: Northrop Services, NC
• OSTI ID: 6645951
• Journal Information: Environ. Sci. Technol.; (United States), Vol. 14:10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AMMONIA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
CEMENT INDUSTRY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
OXYGEN
SULFUR DIOXIDE
KILNS
MOISTURE
PLUMES
SULFURIC ACID
CHALCOGENIDES
ELEMENTS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRY
INORGANIC ACIDS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NONMETALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)