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Main Title Integrated Air Pollution Control for Coal-Fired Utility Boilers: A Computer Model Approach for Design and Cost-Estimating.
Author Baker, G. E. ; Laseke, B. A. ; Ponder, T. C. ; Milliken, J. O. ;
CORP Author PEDCo-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air and Energy Engineering Research Lab.
Year Published 1985
Report Number EPA-68-02-3693; EPA/600/D-85/078;
Stock Number PB85-189041
Additional Subjects Air pollution control equipment ; Boilers ; Mathematical models ; Particles ; Electric power plants ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Cost analysis ; Performance evaluation ; Sulfur dioxide ; Flue gases ; Design criteria ; Comparison ; Nitrogen oxides ; Coal cleaning ; Electrostatic precipitators ; Scrubbing ; Injection ; Sorbents ; Coal fired power plants ; Air pollution abatement ; Computer applications ; Fabric filters ; Dry methods ; Limestone scrubbing ; Limestone injection multistage burners
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NTIS  PB85-189041 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
The paper describes the Integrated Air Pollution Control System (IAPCS), a computerized program that can be used to estimate the cost and performance of pre-combustion, in situ, and post-combustion air pollution control configurations in pulverized-coal-fired utility boilers of 100 to 1000 MW. Modular program design and flexible parameter files allow the user to alter the design and cost basis of any control technology, optimize the emission/cost output, and identify least-cost control alternatives. Physical and chemical characteristics of the flue gas are calculated by material balance and reported in an emission-reduction summary. The program tracks changes in gas temperature, pressure, and volume; fly ash and alkalinity; gaseous pollutants and components; moisture content; and reagent recycling. Capital and annual cost estimates are presented in standardized format for easy comparison with other estimates. Control technologies include physical coal cleaning, limestone injection multistage burners (LIMB), low-NOx burners or overfire air ports, spray humidification, dry sorbent injection, dry scrubbing, limestone flue gas desulfurization, electrostatic precipitators, and fabric filters. Integrated combinations of these can be optimized both for existing boilers and for new boilers.