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FURNACE INJECTION OF ALKALINE SORBENTS FOR SULFURIC ACID CONTROL
Abstract
This document summarizes progress on Cooperative Agreement DE-FC26-99FT40718, Furnace Injection of Alkaline Sorbents for Sulfuric Acid Control, during the time period April 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001. The objective of this project is to demonstrate the use of alkaline reagents injected into the furnace of coal-fired boilers as a means of controlling sulfuric acid emissions. The coincident removal of hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid is also being determined, as is the removal of arsenic, a known poison for NO{sub x} selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts. EPRI, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), FirstEnergy Corporation, and the Dravo Lime Company are project co-funders. URS Corporation is the prime contractor. During the current period, American Electric Power (AEP) joined the project as an additional co-funder and as a provider of a host site for testing. This is the fourth reporting period for the subject Cooperative Agreement. During this period, two long-term sorbent injection tests were conducted, one on Unit 3 at FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield Plant (BMP) and one on Unit 1 at AEP's Gavin Station. These tests determined the effectiveness of injecting alkaline slurries into the upper furnace of the boiler as a means of controlling sulfuric acid emissions from these units.more »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 791339
- Report Number(s):
- FC26-99FT40718-05
TRN: US200203%%376
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC26-99FT40718
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 6 Nov 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 20 FOSSIL-FUELED POWER PLANTS; SORBENT INJECTION PROCESSES; SULFURIC ACID; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COAL; BOILERS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; ARSENIC; REMOVAL; FIELD TESTS
Citation Formats
Blythe, Gary M. FURNACE INJECTION OF ALKALINE SORBENTS FOR SULFURIC ACID CONTROL. United States: N. p., 2001.
Web. doi:10.2172/791339.
Blythe, Gary M. FURNACE INJECTION OF ALKALINE SORBENTS FOR SULFURIC ACID CONTROL. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/791339
Blythe, Gary M. 2001.
"FURNACE INJECTION OF ALKALINE SORBENTS FOR SULFURIC ACID CONTROL". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/791339. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/791339.
@article{osti_791339,
title = {FURNACE INJECTION OF ALKALINE SORBENTS FOR SULFURIC ACID CONTROL},
author = {Blythe, Gary M},
abstractNote = {This document summarizes progress on Cooperative Agreement DE-FC26-99FT40718, Furnace Injection of Alkaline Sorbents for Sulfuric Acid Control, during the time period April 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001. The objective of this project is to demonstrate the use of alkaline reagents injected into the furnace of coal-fired boilers as a means of controlling sulfuric acid emissions. The coincident removal of hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid is also being determined, as is the removal of arsenic, a known poison for NO{sub x} selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts. EPRI, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), FirstEnergy Corporation, and the Dravo Lime Company are project co-funders. URS Corporation is the prime contractor. During the current period, American Electric Power (AEP) joined the project as an additional co-funder and as a provider of a host site for testing. This is the fourth reporting period for the subject Cooperative Agreement. During this period, two long-term sorbent injection tests were conducted, one on Unit 3 at FirstEnergy's Bruce Mansfield Plant (BMP) and one on Unit 1 at AEP's Gavin Station. These tests determined the effectiveness of injecting alkaline slurries into the upper furnace of the boiler as a means of controlling sulfuric acid emissions from these units. The alkaline slurries tested included commercially available magnesium hydroxide slurry (Gavin Station), and a byproduct magnesium hydroxide slurry (both Gavin Station and BMP). The tests showed that injecting either the commercial or the byproduct magnesium hydroxide slurry could achieve up to 70 to 75% sulfuric acid removal. At BMP, the overall removal was limited by the need to maintain acceptable electrostatic precipitator (ESP) particulate control performance. At Gavin Station, the overall sulfuric acid removal was limited because the furnace injected sorbent was less effective at removing SO{sub 3} formed across the SCR system installed on the unit for NO{sub x} control than at removing SO{sub 3} formed in the furnace. Balance of plant impacts, primarily on the ESP particulate control device, were also determined during both tests. These results are presented and discussed in this report.},
doi = {10.2172/791339},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/791339},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2001},
month = {Tue Nov 06 00:00:00 EST 2001}
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