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Title: EPA's industry briefing on the organic-acid-enhanced limestone FGD process (July 1984): proceedings

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OSTI ID:5242035

The proceedings document presentations made during an EPA-sponsored industry briefing which was held on July 19, 1984, in San Antonio, Texas. The briefing dealt with the status of EPA's research activities on the organic-acid-enhanced limestone flue gas desulfurization process. Subjects covered included: (1) technical and economic evaluation of organic acid addition to the San Miguel FGD system - results of parametric tests, (2) technical and economic evaluation of organic acid addition to the San Miguel FGD system - the utility's perspective, (3) results of the first two years of commercial operation of an organic-acid-enhanced FGD system, (4) economics of retrofitting Big Rivers Electric Corporation's lime based FGD system to organic-acid-enhanced limestone operations, and (5) an economic evaluation of limestone and lime flue gas desulfurization processes for new systems. The briefing provided users, architects and engineers, vendors, consultants, and government personnel with a comprehensive assessment of this innovative technology for controlling sulfur dioxide emissions. All five papers in this proceddings have been processed for inclusion in the Energy Data Base.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (USA). Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
OSTI ID:
5242035
Report Number(s):
EPA-600/9-85-009; CONF-8407148-; ON: TI859019955
Resource Relation:
Conference: Environmental Protections Agency's (EPA's) industry briefing on the organic-acid-enhanced limestone FGD process, San Antonio, TX, USA, 19 Jul 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English