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RECORD NUMBER: 46 OF 1070

Main Title Analysis of thermal decomposition products of flue gas conditioning agents /
Author Spafford, R. B. ; Dismukes, E. B. ; Dillon, H. K.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Dismukes, Edward B.
Dillon, H. K.
CORP Author Southern Research Inst., Birmingham, AL.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; National Technical Information Service [distributor,
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/7-79-179; SORI-EAS-79-267; 3832-27; EPA-68-02-2200
Stock Number PB80-111818
OCLC Number 08268046
Subjects Flue gases--Environmental aspects
Additional Subjects Flue gases ; Air pollution control ; Pyrolysis ; Sulfur trioxide ; Ammonia ; Tertiary amines ; Sodium carbonates ; Ammonium sulfate ; Inorganic phosphates ; Reaction kinetics ; Laboratory equipment ; Design ; Coal fired power plants ; Conditioning agents ; Amine/N-nitroso-diethyl ; Diammonium hydrogen phosphate
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9100BP28.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 600-7-79-179 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/09/2014
EKBD  EPA-600/7-79-179 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 01/02/2004
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-79-179 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-7-79-179 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB80-111818 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation x, 104 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of a study of reactions of several flue gas conditioning agents in a laboratory-scale facility simulating conditions in the flue gas train of a coal-burning power plant. Primary purposes of the study were to characterize the chemical species resulting from adding conditioning agents to flue gas and to identify potentially hazardous chemical species originating from the agents that may be emitted into the environment. The compounds investigated were sulfur trioxide, ammonia, triethylamine, sodium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, and diammonium hydrogen phosphate. The predominant types of reactions observed in these experiments were thermal decomposition at high temperatures, recombination of decomposition fragments at lower temperatures, and reactions with normal components of the flue gas. The only significant environmental threat of any product identified during this study was the formation of N-nitrosodiethylamine as the result of injecting triethylamine into the flue gas. This potent carcinogen was found in trace amounts when triethylamine was injected at 160C.
Notes
"Southern Research Institute." "August 1979." Includes bibliographical references. "Contract no. 68-02-2200, program element no. EHE624."