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Main Title Survey of flue gas desulfurization systems : St. Clair Station, Detroit Edison Co. /
Author Laseke, Bernard A. ; Laseke, Jr., Bernard A.
CORP Author PEDCo-Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1978
Report Number EPA 600-7-78-048c; EPA-68-01-4147
Stock Number PB-281 106
OCLC Number 04174708
ISBN pbk.
Subjects Flue gases--Desulfurization ; Electric power-plants--Kansas
Additional Subjects Air pollution control equipment ; Sulfur dioxide ; Scrubbers ; Fly ash ; Electric power plants ; Flue gases ; Calcium carbonates ; Combustion products ; Industrial wastes ; Performance evaluation ; Limestone ; Design criteria ; Process charting ; Cost analysis ; Capitalized costs ; Solid waste disposal ; Michigan ; Coal fired power plants ; Limestone scrubbing ; Venturi separators
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ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-78-048c Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-7-78-048C Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-281 106 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 57 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of a survey of the flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system retrofitted on Unit 6 of Detroit Edison Co.'s St. Clair Station. The experimental FGD system, which operated through a 2-month (October 1976-January 1977) demonstration program, utilized a limestone slurry to remove SO2 in two parallel scrubbing trains. Each train included a radial-flow venturi scrubber and a high-velocity countercurrent spray tower absorber to control Fly ash and SO2. Flue gas cleaning wastes were discharged from a reaction tank to an on-site clay-lined settling pond. Clear water was recycled from the pond to the FGD system for further use. The FGD system was designed to remove SO2 and fly ash from high sulfur eastern coal. Actual operation was on low sulfur western coal. Following the demonstration, the FGD system was shut down and modified for resumption of particulate scrubbing on low sulfur western coal in the fall of 1977. Some SO2 is removed from the flue gas during particulate removal because of the alkalinity of the collected fly ash and the limestone additive used for pH control of the scrubbing solution.
Notes
Prepred by PEDCO Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, under contract no. 68-01-4147, task 3, program element no. EHE624. Issued Mar. 1978.