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Main Title Field tests of industrial stoker coal-fired boilers for emissions control and efficiency improvement--sites L1-L7 /
Author Davis, J. W.
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Author Title of a Work
Owens, H. K.
CORP Author Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park.;Industrial Environmental Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.;Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Div. of Power Systems.;American Boiler Manufacturers Association, Arlington, VA.
Publisher American Boiler Manufacturers Association ; U.S. Dept. of Energy, Division of Power Systems Energy Technology Branch ; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; National Technical Information Service [distributor],
Year Published 1981
Report Number EPA-600/7-81-020a; DOE-EF-77-C-01-2609
Stock Number PB81-196628
OCLC Number 09087732
Subjects Coal-fired furnaces--Testing ; Coal-fired furnaces--Environmental aspects ; Flue gases--Measurement ; Fly ash--Measurement
Additional Subjects Air pollution control ; Boilers ; Stokers ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Particle size distribution ; Performance evaluation ; Flue gases ; Field tests ; Efficiency ; Sites ; Sampling ; Design criteria ; NTISEPAORD
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20006P33.PDF
Data Supplement https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=20006P4Y.PDF
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EHAM  EPA-600/7-81-020a Region 1 Library/Boston,MA 05/25/2016
EJBD  EPA-600/7-81-020a Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 06/04/2013
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-7-81-020a Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD RPS EPA 600-7-81-020a repository copy AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/17/2014
ESAD  EPA 600-7-81-020A Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 03/23/2010
NTIS  PB81-196628 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation v, 58 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report gives results of field measurements to determine particulate emission rate and particle size distribution for seven institutional-type stoker-fired boilers firing bituminous coals. Operational data were recorded during the tests to provide information for evaluating boiler emissions as a function of boiler load, heat release rates, coal size and characteristics, percent excess combustion air, and flue gas temperature. All boilers were tested under normal operating conditions at loads of 50-75% of maximum boiler capacity. The types of stokers tested included single retort underfeed, multiple retort underfeed, traveling grate overfeed, and vibrating grate overfeed. The report describes the seven boiler-stoker units, test port locations, and test equipment and procedures, and summarizes test results and operations. The particulate mass emission rate from high stack velocity sites was greater than from lower stack velocity sites, whether or not a collector was used: the statistical correlation coefficient was 0.83 with collectors and 0.98 without. The units tested can operate at 50-75% load with uncontrolled particulate emission rates, well below the calculated value of five times the weight percentage of ash in coal recommended in 'Compilation of Air Pollution Factors,' AP-42. Data indicate that 50% of the mass at the boiler outlet consists of less than 30 micrometer diameter particles.
Notes
"Pennsylvania State University." "February 1981." "IAG/contract nos. IAG-D7-E681FZ (EPA), EF-77-C-01-2609 (DoE), program element no. EHE624."