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GENERATION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM ORIMULSION (R) COMBUSTION
Citation:
Miller*, C A. AND R E. Hall*. GENERATION AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTANTS FROM ORIMULSION (R) COMBUSTION. Presented at Fall 2000 Meeting, American Flame Research Committee, Irvine, CA, 9/18-21/2000.
Description:
The paper discusses a study requested in 1997 by the U.S. Congress to provide technical information regarding Orimulsion (R) and its environmental impacts. (NOTE: Orimulsion is an emulsified fuel, composed of approximately 70% Venezuelan bitumen, 30% water, and trace amounts of surfactant, being marketed primarily as a base-load fuel for utility boilers. It is being used in power plants in five countries, and was proposed as a fuel for a plant in the U.S.). It is being conducted by an EPA team led by The Office or Research and Development's National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), and includes a broad review of previous work reported in the literature, visits to sites now using Orimulsion, and a series of combustion tests conducted at NRMRL's facilities in Research Triangle Park, NC. The combustion tests measured mass emissions of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur, particulate matter, trace metals, and organic compounds generated by the combustion of two Orimulsion formulations (one no longer produced) and a heavy fuel oil. These results were compared to emissions measured at full-scale plants and to those from previous tests conducted on similar equipment and fuels at NRMRL.