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Main Title Sulfur dioxide oxidation in scrubber systems /
Author Hudson, J. L.
CORP Author Virginia Univ., Charlottesville. Dept. of Chemical Engineering.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Sciences Research Laboratory ; Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA 600-7-80-083; EPA-R-805227
Stock Number PB80-187842
OCLC Number 52740908
Subjects Sulfur dioxide--Environmental aspects--United States ; Nitrates--Environmental aspects--United States ; Oxidation-reduction reaction--Measurement ; Sulphur dioxide--Environmental aspects--United States
Additional Subjects Air pollution control equipment ; Scrubbers ; Oxidation ; Sulfur dioxide ; Electric power plants ; Flue gases ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Reaction kinetics ; Limestone ; Calcium carbonates ; pH ; Chemical reactors ; Laboratory equipment ; Sodium sulfites ; Mathematical models ; Slurries ; Calcium sulfites ; Limestone scrubbing ; Flue gas desulfurization
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EJBD  EPA 600-7-80-083 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 09/28/2018
EKBD  EPA-600/7-80-083 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 01/23/2004
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA-600-7-80-083 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 600/7-80-083 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 02/19/2013
ESAD  EPA 600-7-80-083 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-187842 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation ix 245 pages ; 28 cm
Abstract
The report relates the liquid-phase oxidation kinetics of bisulfite and sulfite anions (determined in bench scale experiments) to conditions representative of limestone scrubbers used for flue gas desulfurization. The chemical reaction rates were determined for clear solutions and slurries of calcium sulfite when gas-to-liquid transfer of oxygen was not a limiting resistance. From the experimental results, a mathematical model was developed for the overall oxidation rate of calcium sulfite slurries, including solids dissolution and chemical reaction. The overall rate is shown to decline with increasing pH due to the reduced solubility of calcium sulfite; the solid dissolution rate is thus the limiting factor at high pH. The homogeneous chemical oxidation rate is 1.5 order and increases with pH. Organic acids inhibit the oxidation reaction, especially glyolic acid. Manganese and iron catalyze the oxidation reaction even in the presence of organic inhibitors.
Notes
"Program Element No. EHE624." "Grant No. R805227." "EPA 600-7-80-083." "April 1980." Cover title.