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CONTROL OF WASTE AND WATER POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANT FLUE GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS: FIRST ANNUAL R AND D REPORT
Citation:
Leo, P. AND J. Rossoff. CONTROL OF WASTE AND WATER POLLUTION FROM POWER PLANT FLUE GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS: FIRST ANNUAL R AND D REPORT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-76/018.
Description:
The report summarizes and assesses the state of research and development in the fields of non-regenerable flue gas cleaning (FGC) waste treatment, utilization, and disposal, as well as water reuse technology, for coal-fired utility power plants. Significant results cover: (1) chemical and physical characterization of wastes from eastern and western U.S. plants using lime, limestone, or double-alkali scrubbing systems; (2)chemical and physical properties and leaching characteristics of treated and untreated wastes; (3) field evaluations of treated and untreated waste disposal; (4) disposal alternatives; (5) cost estimates for ponding and for fixation disposal methods; (6) disposal standards; (7) gypsum production and marketing; (8) potential use of wastes in fertilizer production and portland cement manufacture; (9) beneficiation studies; and (10) total power plant water reuse.