Summary report; Impact of FGD systems emdash availability losses experienced by flue gas desulfurization systems
- North American Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, NJ (US)
- FGD Task Force, Muscatine Power and Water, Muscatine, IA (US)
In 1991, the Flue Gas Desulfurization Task Force, under the direction of the North American Electric Reliability Council's (NERC) Generating Availability Trend Evaluations (GATE) Working Group, released a report on the performance of flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems. This paper is an abridgement of the report that required two years of research and analysis by that task force. The overriding finding is that the performance of FGD systems has improved rapidly since the first FGD systems were installed. Many reasons were found to explain this improvement. Two primary reasons are that FGD technology matured through the cooperation of manufacturers and utilities, and utilities gained experience and knowledge in the operation and maintenance of the FGD chemical cycle.
- OSTI ID:
- 7274902
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-920432--
- Journal Information:
- Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States) Vol. 54:1; ISSN PAPWA; ISSN 0097-2126
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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