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Main Title Development of the Westvaco activated carbon process for SOx recovery as elemental sulfur /
Author Brown, G. Nelson, ; Reed, Carl M. ; Repik, Albert J. ; Stallings, Robert L. ; Torrence., Samuel L.
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Author Title of a Work
Brown, G. Nelson.
CORP Author Westvaco Corp., North Charleston, S.C. Charleston Research Center.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher Industrial Environmental Research Laboratoy, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency : Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va.,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA-600/2-76-135a; EPA-600/2-76-135b; EPA-68-02-0003; EPA-ROAP-21ACX-085
Stock Number PB-263 627
OCLC Number 02812689
Subjects Flue gases--Desulfurization ; Sulfur oxides ; Carbon, Activated ; Flue gases--Desulphurization ; Sulphur oxides
Additional Subjects Air pollution control ; Sulfur dioxide ; Activated carbon treatment ; Fluidized bed processing ; Sulfur ; Combustion products ; Industrial wastes ; Regeneration(Engineering) ; Design criteria ; Cost estimates ; Plant layout ; Tables(Data) ; Sulfuric acid ; Electric power plants ; Concentration(Composition) ; Westvaco process ; Waste gas recovery ; Dry methods ; Coal fired boilers ; Dry methods
Internet Access
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volume I https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91015S4B.PDF
volume II https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=91015SCM.PDF
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EKBD  EPA-600/2-76-135a v.1 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 05/16/2023
EKBD  EPA-600/2-76-135a,b Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/20/2003
EKBD  EPA-600/2-76-135b v.2 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 05/16/2023
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-2-76-135b Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ESAD  EPA 600-2-76-135A Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
ESAD  EPA 600-2-76-135B Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB-263 627 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 2 volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of a demonstration (in a 20,000-cfh integral pilot plant) of an all-dry, fluidized-bed process, using activated carbon for recovering SO2 as elemental sulfur. Granular carbon was recycled continuously more than 20 times between contact with flue gas from an oil-fired boiler and carbon regeneration to recover sulfur. During the 315-hour run, carbon performance remained high with essentially no chemical and low mechanical losses. Over 90% of the 2000 ppm SOx was removed from the flue gas as sulfuric acid by catalytic oxidation and subsequent hydrolysis within the carbon granule. In the two-step regeneration: (1) the acid was converted to elemental sulfur at 300F with internally produced H2S, and (2) an external source of hydrogen at 1000F was used to thermally strip the by-product sulfur from the carbon and produce the required H2S by reaction with the remaining sulfur on carbon. Sufficient process and design information was developed from data obtained in the integral run and prior stepwise pilot equipment operation to permit scale-up to a 15-MW prototype for a coal-fired boiler. In the preliminary design, reducing gas is produced in a coal gasifier. An economic assessment of a 1000-MW conceptual design for the process indicates capital and operating costs competitive with those of other regenerable systems. (Portions of this document are not fully legible.)
Notes
Prepared by Westvaco Corporation, Charleston Research Center, for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development. Prepared by Westvaco, North Carleston, S.C., under contract no. 68-02-0003, ROAP no. 21ACX-085, program element no. 1AB013. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Notes
v. 1. ; v.2 Appendix.