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SOURCE EMISSION TESTS AT THE BALTIMORE DEMONSTRATION PYROLYSIS FACILITY
Citation:
Haslbeck, J. AND B. McCoy. SOURCE EMISSION TESTS AT THE BALTIMORE DEMONSTRATION PYROLYSIS FACILITY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-78/232.
Description:
TRW was retained by EPA/IERL Cincinnati in May of 1976 to conduct source emission tests at a solid waste treatment plant in Baltimore, Maryland. The plant is designed to recover low-grade fossil fuel from non-toxic solid waste by the use of a process known as pyrolysis. When plant construction was completed in January, 1975, it was determined that the pollutant control equipment did not meet particulate emission standards. This necessitated a comprehensive test program designed to quantify the extent of the pollution and evaluate the environmental impact of this plant. The test program was designed to measure the following flue gas parameters; particulate; SO2/SO3;NO(x);HCl:HF; total hydrocarbons; hydrocarbon compounds exceeding 1% of the total hydrocarbon value, but not more than 20; and trace metals. Atmospheric diffusion models were employed to assess the environmental impact of both the existing plant configuration and the proposed pollution control system. The proposed system consists of an electro-static precipitator exhausting to a 220 ft stack. Results of this analysis indicate that the proposed pollution control system represents a considerable improvement over the existing system, particularly in the sense that it should completely eliminate the downwash problem.