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Research Summary Multipollutant Control Research Facility (MPCRF)
Citation:
Masters, J. Research Summary Multipollutant Control Research Facility (MPCRF). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/S-17/427, 2017.
Impact/Purpose:
To provide a description of the Multipollutant Control Research Facility and promote collaborative research with Regions, States, Program Offices and Industry.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Multipollutant Control Research Facility (MPCRF) is located at their Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, campus. The MPCRF combustor is a pulverized coal-, natural gas-, and biomass-fired furnace with a maximum firing rate of 4 MM Btu/hour. At its pilot-scale size, viable emissions control technologies may be tested, modeled, and scaled-up to provide results for use by regulatory and commercial/industrial partners. It has been used for testing of dry sorbent injection and electrostatic-based particle removal technologies, as well as a host of studies to investigate pre- and post-combustion control technologies developed to reduce emissions. The facility is operated in a manner to closely mimic the time-temperature profiles of those in commercial utility systems. The combustor can be modified and the flue gas can be routed to utilize or avoid various controls in order to evaluate the emission characteristics and the effectiveness of available emission control technologies.