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# OAR Box 1865 Prepped by Charmelle Mathews



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# 139 ) VI-B- 4 Docket Number: 

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# A-83-2 7 VI-B- 4 MEMORANDU M TO : Industria l Boile r S0 2 Docke t FROM : J . Thoma s Waddell , Radia nCorporatio n DATE : Octobe r 14 , 198 8 SUBJECT : Summar y

o f Tes t Dat a Presente da t th e 198 7 Internationa l Conferenc e onFluidize dBe d Combustio n Thi s memorandum

summarize s th e sulfu r dioxid e (S0 2 ) remova l performanc e dat a presente da t th e 198 7 Internationa l Conferenc e onFluidize dBe d Combustio n hel di nBoston , Massachusetts , Ma y 3-7 , 1987 . Specifically , thi s summar y focuse s ondat a fro

m atmospheri c fluidize dbe d combustio n(AFBC ) unit s exhibitin g S0 2 retentio nperformance s o f 9 0 percen t o r greater . Tabl e 1 present s dat a fo r tw o bubblin g be d an d thre e circulatin g be d units . Th e bubblin g be d unit s hav e hea t inpu t capacitie s o f 1 6 an d 2 0 M W (5 5 an d 6 8 millio nBtu/hr) . Thes e unit s (bot hcoal-fired ) operate da t calcium-to sulfu r (Ca/S ) ratio s o f 5. 5 and 2. 9 an d reduce dS0 « emission s b y 9 1 an d 9 2 percent , respectively . Th e circulatin g be d system s rang e i ncapacit y fro m 1. 5 t o 4 0 M

W (5. 1 t o 13 7 millio nBtu/hr) . A s show ni nTabl e 1 , a wid e variet y o f fuel s wer e fire din thes e units , rangin g i nsulfu r conten t fro m 0. 3 t o 6. 6 weigh t percent . Test s wer e conducte da t Ca/ S ratio s rangin g fro m 1. 5 t o 3.0 . Sulfu r dioxid e emission s range dfrom 0.0 3 t o 0.9 8 lb/millio nBtu ; S0 2 remova l efficiencie s range dfrom

9 0 t o 9 9 percent . Th e tes t result s wer e consisten t betwee nth e pilo t scal e an d institutiona l AFB C units , demonstratin g tha t 9 0 percen t o r greate r S0 2 remova l i s achievabl e wit hAFB C technology .

ddl.01 5TABL E 1 . SUMMAR YO F ATMOSPHERI C FLUIDIZE D BE D COMBUSTIO N TES T DAT A

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TVA , Paducah , K y Manufacture r Capacit y Classificatio nBe dTyp e Fue l Typ e <nw > : Fue l Sulfu r Ca/ S Rati o S O Emission s S O Remova l Pape r 2 6 2 Conten t (wt.X j Ahlstrom/Pyropowe r 1. 5 Pilo t

Babcoc k & Wilco x

Frankfurt , German y Lurg i

b Chalmer s Univ. , Swede nN S NyKoplng , Swede nCotaverke n 2 0

1 6 4 0 Pilo t Circulatin g Dlatomlt e Ohi o # 6 coa l Delaye dpet . cok e Snycrud e flui dcok e Bubblin g Ky . # 9 Coa l

1. 5 Pilo t Circulatin g Anthracit e Cul m

Institutiona l Bubblin g Coa l Institutiona l Circulatin g Coa l 2.2 0 5.1 4 3.6 7 6. 6 b N S

0. 3 2. 0 2. 0 2. 3

1. 6 1.5- 2 1.7- 2 2. 9 3. 1 2. 1 5. 5 1. 8 2.5- 3 7 1

0 0.2 3 0.8 2 0.33 - 0.62 - b N S b N S b N S 0.2 5 0.2 8 0.0 3 0 0 4 3 9 8 9 8 9 0 91 - 90 - 9 2 9 4 9 3 9 1 9 0 9 9 9 3 93. 7 1 . 2

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Neithe r Ch e tes t no r duratio nwer e give nfo r thes e tests . N S - no t specified . T o conver t fro m

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W t o 1 0 Btu/h r multipl y b y 3.41 . Paper s presente da t 198 7 Internationa l Conferenc e o nFluidize dBe dCombustion . Liste do npag e 3 .P. 4 

## v, r Reference s

Al l paper s liste dbelo w ar e publishe din : Proceeding s o f th e 198 7 Internationa l Conferenc e onFluidize dBe d Combustion : FB C Come s o f Age . Boston , Massachusetts . Ma y 3-7 , 1987 . Publishe db

y th e America nSociet y o f Mechanica l Engineers . 1 . Tang , J.T. , andF . Emgstrom , Pyropowe r Corporation . Technica l Assessmen t onth e Ahlstro m Pyroflow . Circulatin g andConventiona l Bubblin g Fluidize dBe dCombustio nSystems . 2 . Desai , D.L. , et . al_ . Combustio nPerformance , Sulphu r Captur e and Vanadium Balanc e Trial s wit hSyncrud e Petroleum Cok e i na Circulatin g Fluidize dBe dCombuster . 3 . Hodges , J.L. , et . al_ . Mode l Prediction s o f Combustio nandSulfu r Captur e Processe s inAFBC . 4 . Barner , H.E. , e_t . al . Chemica l Equilibrium Relationship s Applicabl e in Flui dBe dCombustion . 5 . Leckner , B . andL.E . Amand , Chalmer s Universit y o f Technology . Emission s from

a Circulatin g anda Stationar y Fluidize dBe dBoiler : A Comparison .

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