ADVANCED EMISSIONS CONTROL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Technical Report · Tue Feb 06 04:00:00 EST 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/811441· OSTI ID:811441

Farthing, G A

The primary objective of the Advanced Emissions Control Development Program (AECDP) is to develop practical, cost-effective strategies for reducing the emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, or air toxics) from coal-fired boilers. The project goal is to effectively control air toxic emissions through the use of conventional flue gas cleanup equipment such as electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), fabric filters (baghouses), and wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) systems. Development work initially concentrated on the capture of trace metals, fine particulate, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride. Recent work has focused almost exclusively on the control of mercury emissions.

• Research Organization: Babcock & Wilcox Company (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: (US)
• DOE Contract Number: FC22-94PC94251
• OSTI ID: 811441
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR
BAGHOUSES
BOILERS
DESULFURIZATION
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
FABRIC FILTERS
FLUE GAS
HYDROCHLORIC ACID
HYDROFLUORIC ACID
MERCURY
POLLUTANTS