Science Inventory

REDUCING MERCURY EMISSION FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION WITH CARBON INJECTION INTO FLUE GAS

Citation:

Brna, T., J. Kilgroe, AND C.A. Miller. REDUCING MERCURY EMISSION FROM MUNICIPAL WASTE COMBUSTION WITH CARBON INJECTION INTO FLUE GAS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-92/134 (NTIS PB92195965), 1992.

Description:

The paper gives results of tests (to aid in developing emission rules) in July and August 1991 on a 360-tonne/day mass burn municipal waste combustor (MWC) at the Ogden Martin Systems of Stanislaus, Inc. facility near Crows Landing, CA. est results indicated that carbon (C) addition was effective in improving mercury (Hg) removal: emoval increased with increasing C feed rate. g removal improved from about 30% without C addition to over 90% at the highest C feed rate tested. he test data obtained for evaluation of the secondary test objectives suggested that (1) ammonia (NH3) addition (which occurred with low slip) had no apparent adverse effect on Hg control, (2) lime stoichiometry had no effect on Hg emissions over the narrow range studied, (3) the fabric filter (FF) gas temperature over the range tested did not affect Hg control, and (4) the Hg content of ash/residue stream samples remained relatively constant over a period of 28 days in samples held at 54 C.

Record Details:

Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:06/30/1992
Record Last Revised:12/22/2005
Record ID: 48236