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EMISSION TEST REPORT - FIELD TEST OF CARBON INJECTION FOR MERCURY CONTROL - CAMDEN COUNTY MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR
Citation:
White, D., W. Kelly, M. Stucky, J. Swift, AND M. Palazzolo. EMISSION TEST REPORT - FIELD TEST OF CARBON INJECTION FOR MERCURY CONTROL - CAMDEN COUNTY MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTOR. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-93/181.
Description:
The report gives results of parametric test to evaluate the injection powdered activated carbon to control volatile pollutants in municipal waste combustor (MWC) flue gas. he tests were conducted at a spray dryer absorber/electrostatic precipitator (SD/ESP)-equipped MWC in Camden County, New Jersey. rimary test objectives were to evaluate the effect of carbon type, feed rate, feed method, and ESP operating temperature on emissions of mercury (Hg) and chlorinated dioxins and furans (CDD/CDF), and to assess the impact of carbon injection on the particulate matter control injection on emissions of other metals and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). he tests included operating three different carbon injection systems and examining 16 different SD/ESP and carbon injection system operating conditions. est results indicate that carbon injection upstream of a SD/ESP can achieve high levels (> 90%) of Hg and CDD/CDF reduction. ey system operating parameters are carbon feed rate, carbon feed method, and ESP temperature. o detrimental impacts on ESP performance were identified. he study also found that carbon injection does not have a significant impact on emissions of the other metal examined or of VOCs.