Process cost estimate for limestone slurry scrubbing of flue gas. Part I. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:7301620

Calvin, E L

The report describes results of a conceptual design and cost estimate for a wet limestone scrubbing system for removal of sulfur dioxide from the flue gas of a new 500-megawatt steam boiler plant, fired with coal containing a 3.5 percent sulfur. The estimate covers all equipment from the broiler breeching to the stack, and includes: limestone storage and processing, slurry scrubbing with stack gas reheater and accessories, and spent limestone slurry pond disposal and water recovery. The capital cost for the scrubbing system installed with a new broiler plant was estimated to be $20.15 million or an incremental cost of $40.30 per kilowatt of installed power. The operating cost was estimated to be $7.20 million per year, or 2.06 mills per kilowatt hour of electricity generated.

• Research Organization: Catalytic, Inc., Charlotte, NC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7301620
• Report Number(s): PB-219016/3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CAPITAL
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CARBONATE ROCKS
CHALCOGENIDES
COAL
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
COST
DESIGN
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EQUIPMENT
FLUE GAS
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUELS
GASEOUS WASTES
LIMESTONE
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
OPERATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POWER PLANTS
QUANTITY RATIO
REMOVAL
RESERVOIR ROCK
ROCKS
SCRUBBERS
SCRUBBING
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SLURRIES
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SURFACE PROPERTIES
SUSPENSIONS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTES