EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) LIMB (Limestone Injection Multistage Burner) development and demonstration program status report (April 1985). Report for February 1985-June 1986

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:7011406

Martin, G B

The report summarizes the technical status of EPA's Limestone Injection Multistage Burner (LIMB) program and discusses the planned program leading to commercialization by 1990. It provides a background on the emissions of SO/sub 2/ and NOx from coal-fired utility boilers and discusses critical aspects of the LIMB process. It also provides an overview of the LIMB process and the program approach, followed by a detailed discussion of results and plans for each major technical area of the program. The goal of the LIMB program is to provide a low-cost technology for control of SO/sub 2/ and NOx for coal-fired boilers. In the U.S., the dominant source of SO/sub 2/ is existing coal-fired utility boilers, which also contribute about 20% of the total NOx emissions. LIMB is one emerging technology which has the potential to accomplish this goal in a more cost-effective manner than currently commercial technologies.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 7011406
• Report Number(s): PB-87-119343/XAB; EPA-600/8-86/036
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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