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LABORATORY PROCEDURES: ANALYSIS OF SODIUM-BASED DUAL-ALKALI PROCESS STREAMS
Citation:
Donnelly, J., D. Shepley, T. Martin, AND A. Abdulsattar. LABORATORY PROCEDURES: ANALYSIS OF SODIUM-BASED DUAL-ALKALI PROCESS STREAMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/8-80/015.
Description:
The report gives procedures for chemical analysis of process streams of a flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system (utilizing the Combustion Equipment Associates/Arthur D. Little sodium-based dual-alkali process) at Louisville Gas and Electric's Cane Run Unit 6. The U. S. EPA has contracted with Bechtel to develop and implement a test program to characterize this FGD process. As part of this effort, Bechtel has established a laboratory at the site for routine chemical analyses of the process streams. The methods used for these chemical analyses comprise this laboratory procedures manual. The procedures were extracted from three principal sources: 'Chemical Analysis Procedures for Dual Alkali Process Stream Samples,' A. D. Little report No. 75833, 4/22/76; 'Laboratory Procedures Manual,' Shawnee Test Facility, Paducah, KY, prepared by Bechtel, 3/76; and 'Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,' 14th edition, 1975. Procedures were verified by on-site analyses in accordance with the quality assurance section of this report. In some cases, modifications adapted the standard procedures to the specific process conditions and to best utilize available resources.