The adipic acid enhanced flue gas desulfurization process for industrial boilers. Volume 1. Field test results. Final report Feb 81-Feb 82
The report gives results of an evaluation of the effect of adding adipic acid on the SO/sub 2/ removal of a wet limestone flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system on a coal-fired industrial boiler at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base near Columbus, OH. Emission data were collected in accordance with the regulations for SO/sub 2/ compliance data specified in the Federal Register. The test results show that adding adipic acid to the limestone slurry significantly improved the SO/sub 2/ removal efficiency of the FGD system. Limited baseline data on operations with limestone only indicated a performance level of 55% SO/sub 2/ removal. With the addition of about 2200 ppm of adipic acid to the limestone scrubbing system, the unit's level of performance increased to an average of 94.3% SO/sub 2/ removal (within a standard deviation of 2.2%) during which boiler load was 70-130 million Btu/hr and gas throughput varied 300%.
- Research Organization:
- PEDCo-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6193759
- Report Number(s):
- PB-83-144774
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADIPIC ACID
USES
BOILERS
FLUE GAS
DESULFURIZATION
SCRUBBERS
PERFORMANCE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ADDITIVES
CALCIUM CARBONATES
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
FIELD TESTS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LIMESTONE
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBONATE ROCKS
CARBONATES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTROL
DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS
EQUIPMENT
GASEOUS WASTES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
ROCKS
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
TESTING
WASTES
424000* - Engineering- Pollution Control Equipment- (1980-1989)