| Main Title |
Fine Particle Emissions from Residual Fuel Oil Combustion: Characterization and Mechanisms of Formation. |
| Author |
Linak, W. P. ;
Miller, C. A. ;
Wendt, J. O. L. ;
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| CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div. ;Arizona Univ., Tucson. Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. |
| Publisher |
2000 |
| Year Published |
2000 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/A-00/069; |
| Stock Number |
PB2001-100343 |
| Additional Subjects |
Air pollution sampling ;
Particulates ;
Residual oils ;
Measurement ;
Combustion ;
Air pollution control ;
Stationary sources ;
Emissions ;
Combustion equipment
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PB2001-100343 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
24p |
| Abstract |
The paper gives results of a comparison of the characterisitics of particulate matter (PM) emitted from residual fuel oil combustion in two types of combustion equipment. A small commercial 732-kW fire-tube boiler yielded a weakly biomodal particulate size distribution (PSD) with > 99% of the mass contained in a broad coarse mode, and only a small fraction of the mass in an accumulation mode consistent with ash vaporization. Bulk samples collected and classified by a cyclone indicate that 30-40% of the total PM emissions were < about 2.5 micrometers aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5). The coarse mode PM was rich in char, indicating relatively poor carbon burnout, although calculated combustion efficiencies were > 99%. This characteristic behavior is typical of this type of small boiler. Larger scale, utility units firing residual oil were simulated using an 82-kW laboratory-scale refractory-lined combustor. PM emissions from this unit were in good agreement with published data, including published emission factors. These data indicate that the refractory-lined combustor produced lower total but greater fine particulate emissions, as evident from a single unimodal PSD centered at about 0.1 micrometer diameter. Bulk cyclone-segregated samples indicated that all the PM were smaller than 2.5 micrometers aerodynamic diameter. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Presented at the International Symposium on Combustion (28th), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 30-August 4, 2000. Prepared in cooperation with Arizona Univ., Tucson. Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. |
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| NTIS Title Notes |
Rept. for Jan 98-Jun 99. |
| Category Codes |
68G; 97R |
| NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
| Primary Description |
600/13 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
001700390 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
