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Main Title

Environmental assessment of coal- and oil-firing in a controlled industrial boiler /

Author

Leavitt, C. ; Arledge, K. ; Shih, C. ; Orsini, R. ; Hammersma, W. ; Hamersma, W.

Other Authors

Author	Title of a Work
Leavitt, C.

CORP Author

Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (Research Triangle Park, N.C.)

Publisher

Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Office of Energy, Minerals, and Industry, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory ; For sale by the National Technical Information Service,

Year Published

1978

Report Number

EPA-600/7-78-164a; EPA-600/7-78-164b; EPA 600/7-78-164a-c; EPA-68-02-2613

Stock Number

PB-289 942

OCLC Number

05040246

ISBN

pbk.

Subjects

Boilers--Fuel--Environmental aspects ; Petroleum as fuel--Environmental aspects ; Combustion--Environmental aspects

Additional Subjects

Environmental surveys ; Boilers ; Assessments ; Comparison ; Water pollution control ; Air pollution control ; Coal ; Fuel oil ; Economics ; Particles ; Nitrogen oxides ; Carbon monoxide ; Concentration(Composition) ; Sampling ; Sulfates ; Trace elements ; Industrial wastes ; Combustion products ; Solid wastes ; Chemical analysis

Internet Access

Description	Access URL
EPA 600-7-78-164a	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=94001G82.PDF
EPA 600-7-78-164b	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9100R90N.PDF
EPA 600-7-78-164c	https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=94001G9O.PDF

Holdings

Library	Call Number	Additional Info	Location	Last Modified
EKBD	EPA-600/7-78-164a	v.1	Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC	05/03/2023
EKBD	EPA-600/7-78-164a,c		Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC	12/12/2003
EKBD	EPA-600/7-78-164c	v.3	Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC	05/03/2023
ERAD	EPA 600/7-78-164a-c		Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA	02/11/2013
ESAD	EPA 600-7-78-164a		Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA	05/23/2011
ESAD	EPA 600-7-78-164b		Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA	05/23/2011
ESAD	EPA 600-7-78-164c		Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA	01/24/2017
NTIS	PB-289 941	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022
NTIS	PB-289 942	Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.		07/26/2022

Collation

volumes : illustrations ; 28 cm

Abstract

The report gives results of a comparative multimedia assessment of coal versus oil firing in a controlled industrial boiler. Relative environmental, energy, economic, and societal impacts were identified. Comprehensive sampling and analyses of gaseous, liquid, and solid emissions from the boiler and its control equipment were conducted to identify criteria pollutants and other species. Major conclusions include: (1) While the quantity of particulates from oil firing is considerably less than from coal firing, the particles are generally smaller and more difficult to remove, and the concentration of particulates in the treated flue gas from oil firing exceeded that from coal firing. (2) NOx and CO emissions during coal firing were about triple those during oil firing. (3) Sulfate emissions from the boiler during coal firing were about triple those during oil firing; however, at the outlet of the control equipment, sulfate concentrations were essentially identical. (4) Most trace element emissions (except vanadium, cadmium, lead, cobalt, nickel, and copper) were higher during coal firing. (5) Oil firing produces cadmium burdens in vegetation approaching levels which are injurious to man; coal firing may produce molybdenum levels which are injurious to cattle. (6) The assessment generally supports the national energy plan for increased use of coal by projecting that the environmental insult from controlled coal firing is not significantly different from that from oil firing.

Notes

Contract no. 68-02-2613, task no. 8, program element no EHE624A. Aug. 1978. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents Notes

v. 1. Executive summary.--v. 2. Comparative assessment.

Place Published

Research Triangle Park, N.C. Springfield, Va.

Supplementary Notes