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SYMPOSIUM ON THE TRANSFER AND UTILIZATION OF PARTICULATE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (2ND) HELD AT DENVER, COLORADO ON JULY 23-29, 1979. VOLUME III. PARTICULATE CONTROL DEVICES
Citation:
Venditti, F., J. Armstrong, AND M. Durham. SYMPOSIUM ON THE TRANSFER AND UTILIZATION OF PARTICULATE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY (2ND) HELD AT DENVER, COLORADO ON JULY 23-29, 1979. VOLUME III. PARTICULATE CONTROL DEVICES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/9-80/039C.
Description:
The proceedings document the approximately 120 presentations at the EPA/IERL-RTP-sponsored symposium, attended by nearly 800 representatives of a wide variety of companies (including 17 utilities). The keynote speech for the 4-day meeting was by EPA's Frank Princiotta. The meeting included a plenary session on enforcement. Attendees were polled to determine interest areas: most (488) were interested in operation and maintenance, but electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) and fabric filters were a close second (422 and 418, respectively). Particulate scrubber interest appears to be waning (288). Major activities of attendees were: users, 158; manufacturers, 184; and R and D, 182. Technical presentations drawing great interest were the application of ESPs and baghouses to power plants and the development of novel ESPs. As important alternatives to ESPs, baghouses were shown to have had general success in controlling coal-fired power plant emissions. When operating properly, baghouses can limit emissions to less than 5 mg/cu nm at pressure drops of less than 2 kPa. Not all baghouse installations have been completely successful. Both high pressure drop and bag loss have occurred (at Harrington Station), but these problems appear to be solved.