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Main Title Field study to obtain trace element mass balances at a coal-fired utility boiler /
Author Evers, Robert, ; Evers, Robert, 1950- ; Banderfriff, V. E. ; Zielke., R. L.
CORP Author Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga. Div. of Energy Demonstrations and Technology.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; Tennessee Valley Authority, Office of Power, Energy Demonstrations and Technology ; Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service,
Year Published 1980
Report Number EPA 600-7-80-171; EDT-116
Stock Number PB81-161861
OCLC Number 07770026
Subjects Coal-fired power plants--Environmental aspects--Tennessee ; Polychlorinated biphenyls--Measurement ; Trace elements--Measurement ; Air--Pollution--Measurement ; Water--Pollution--Measurement
Additional Subjects Mass flow ; Trace elements ; Air pollution ; Field tests ; Aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons ; Boilers ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Chemical analysis ; Gas analysis ; Particles ; Electric power plants ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Concentration(Composition) ; Sampling ; Electric power plants ; Coal fired power plants ; Air pollution detection ; Polychlorinated biphenyls
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EJBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-80-171 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 12/27/2023
EJBD  EPA 600-7-80-171 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 01/16/2020
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-80-171 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-7-80-171 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 04/07/2022
ESAD  EPA 600-7-80-171 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB81-161861 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xiv, 128 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of a study to identify mass flow rates of minor and trace elements from streams of a coal-fired utility boiler (Colbert Steam Plant Unit No. 1). This information was used to obtain a mass balance for 25 elements. The mass balances used inlet and outlet flows associated with three major pieces of equipment: the pulverizer, boiler, and electrostatic precipitator. This provided a mass balance for each element for the various parts of the system. Along with the trace elements which were being measured, organic samples were obtained and analyzed from various streams for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polynuclear organic matter (POMs). Thus, the mass balance reflected a fairly complete picture of the boiler under normal operating conditions. The mass balances show that sampling techniques need to be improved. First, the analysis of the vapor-phase samples reported all concentrations below the detection limit for each element. Second, the mass balances of only 10 elements (representing 61% of the total ash flow) closed within + or - 10% for at least two of the three major pieces of the system.
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"TVA, Division of Energy Demonstrations and Technology." "Industrial Research Laboratory, Office of Environmental Engineering and Technology." "October 1980." "EPA 600-7-80-171." "EDT-116"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. "Interagency agreement no. D5-E721, program element no. 1NE624A."