JV Task 126 - Mercury Control Technologies for Electric Utilities Burning Bituminous Coal

Other · Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:956963

Laumb, Jason; Kay, John; Jones, Michael; Pavlish, Brandon; Lentz, Nicholas; McCollor, Donald; Galbreath, Kevin

The EERC developed an applied research consortium project to test cost-effective mercury (Hg) control technologies for utilities burning bituminous coals. The project goal was to test innovative Hg control technologies that have the potential to reduce Hg emissions from bituminous coal-fired power plants by {ge}90% at costs of one-half to three-quarters of current estimates for activated carbon injection (ACI). Hg control technology evaluations were performed using the EERC's combustion test facility (CTF). The CTF was fired on pulverized bituminous coals at 550,000 Btu/hr (580 MJ/hr). The CTF was configured with the following air pollution control devices (APCDs): selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit, electrostatic precipitator (ESP), and wet flue gas desulfurization system (WFDS). The Hg control technologies investigated as part of this project included ACI (three Norit Americas, Inc., and eleven Envergex sorbents), elemental mercury (Hg{sup 0}) oxidation catalysts (i.e., the noble metals in Hitachi Zosen, Cormetech, and Hitachi SCR catalysts), sorbent enhancement additives (SEAs) (a proprietary EERC additive, trona, and limestone), and blending with a Powder River Basin (PRB) subbituminous coal. These Hg control technologies were evaluated separately, and many were also tested in combination.

• Research Organization: Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC26-98FT40321
• OSTI ID: 956963
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADDITIVES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
BITUMINOUS COAL
CATALYSTS
COMBUSTION
DESULFURIZATION
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS
FLUE GAS
LIMESTONE
MERCURY
OXIDATION
POWDER RIVER BASIN
POWER PLANTS
SEAS
SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION
SUBBITUMINOUS COAL
TRONA