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SINTER PLANT WINDBOX RECIRCULATION AND GRAVEL BED FILTER DEMONSTRATION. PHASE 2. CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND EVALUATION
Citation:
Current, G. SINTER PLANT WINDBOX RECIRCULATION AND GRAVEL BED FILTER DEMONSTRATION. PHASE 2. CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION, AND EVALUATION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-79/203.
Description:
The report gives results of phase 2 of a program to demonstrate new technology for reducing exhaust gas volume and controlling emissions from the steel industry sintering process. Phase 2 entailed construction, operation, and evaluation of the system and, in addition, the construction, operation, and evaluation of a gravel bed filter system for particulate control. Windbox gas recirculation reduced particulates, hydrocarbons, SO2, and CO by an amount equal to the recycle rate (25% average). Capital and operatings costs (1978 dollars) were $5.3 million and $0.863 million, respectively. The gravel bed filter system achieved an average particulate removal rate of 84.5%. Capital and operating costs (1978 dollars) were $5.101 million and $1.197 million, respectively.