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Sulfur gained from flue gas, a demonstration unit of the Wellman-Lord process annexed to a black coal power plant

Abstract

Details of reducing air pollution by desulfurization of flue gases are presented. The demonstration unit is annexed to a 115 MW block at the Gary power plant in Indiana, USA. A second unit is being installed at the larger coal power plant in San Juan, New Mexico. The Wellman-Lord technology achieves a higher than 90% desulfurization of industrial waste gases. The technology is based on washing the gases with sodium sulfide. The resulting concentrated sulfur dioxide gas is used for pure sulfur and sulfuric acid production. Sodium sulfate is another commercial by-product obtained from the sodium sulfide regeneration cycle. Chemical details and the technological flow sheet are discussed. Electricity production costs in the power plants due to desulfurization of waste gases will increase by an estimated 15%. Advantages, in addition to reducing air pollution and marketing sulfur products, are also seen in the absence of sulfur containing wastes for disposal. (In German)
Authors:
Publication Date:
Dec 16, 1977
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-81-008498
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: VDI (Ver. Dtsch. Ing.) Nachr.; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 31:50
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; FLUE GAS; DESULFURIZATION; SULFUR; RECOVERY; AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT; BY-PRODUCTS; COST; DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS; GASEOUS WASTES; SODIUM SULFATES; SODIUM SULFIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; USA; W-L SULFUR DIOXIDE RECOVERY PROCESS; WASHING; WASTE PROCESSING; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CLEANING; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC ACIDS; MANAGEMENT; NONMETALS; NORTH AMERICA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION ABATEMENT; POWER PLANTS; PROCESSING; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFATES; SULFIDES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR OXIDES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 010800* - Coal, Lignite, & Peat- Waste Management
OSTI ID:
6875471
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: VDNAA
Submitting Site:
CLA
Size:
Pages: 2-5
Announcement Date:
Dec 01, 1980

Citation Formats

Schulte, H. Sulfur gained from flue gas, a demonstration unit of the Wellman-Lord process annexed to a black coal power plant. Germany: N. p., 1977. Web.
Schulte, H. Sulfur gained from flue gas, a demonstration unit of the Wellman-Lord process annexed to a black coal power plant. Germany.
Schulte, H. 1977. "Sulfur gained from flue gas, a demonstration unit of the Wellman-Lord process annexed to a black coal power plant." Germany.
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abstractNote = {Details of reducing air pollution by desulfurization of flue gases are presented. The demonstration unit is annexed to a 115 MW block at the Gary power plant in Indiana, USA. A second unit is being installed at the larger coal power plant in San Juan, New Mexico. The Wellman-Lord technology achieves a higher than 90% desulfurization of industrial waste gases. The technology is based on washing the gases with sodium sulfide. The resulting concentrated sulfur dioxide gas is used for pure sulfur and sulfuric acid production. Sodium sulfate is another commercial by-product obtained from the sodium sulfide regeneration cycle. Chemical details and the technological flow sheet are discussed. Electricity production costs in the power plants due to desulfurization of waste gases will increase by an estimated 15%. Advantages, in addition to reducing air pollution and marketing sulfur products, are also seen in the absence of sulfur containing wastes for disposal. (In German)}
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