Open AccessDesign, construction, and operation of a life-cycle test system for the evaluation of flue gas cleanup processes
Author(s) -
Henry W. Pennline,
James T. Yeh,
James S. Hoffman,
E.J. Longton,
P.A. Vore,
Kevin Resnik,
F.N. Gromicko
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/205845
Subject(s) - flue gas , sorbent , waste management , environmental science , process engineering , data scrubbing , flue , engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , adsorption
The Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center of the US Department of Energy has designed, constructed, and operated a Life-Cycle Test Systems (LCTS) that will be used primarily for the investigation of dry, regenerable sorbent flue gas cleanup processes. Sorbent continuously cycles from an absorber reactor where the pollutants are removed from the flue gas, to a regenerator reactor where the activity of the spent sorbent is restored and a usable by-product stream of gas is produced. The LCTS will initially be used to evaluate the Moving-Bed Copper Oxide Process by determining the effects of various process parameters on SO{sub 2} and NO{sub x} removals. The purpose of this paper is to document the design rationale and details, the reactor/component/instrument installation, and the initial performance of the system. Although the Moving-Bed Copper Oxide Process will be investigated initially, the design of the LCTS evolved to make the system a multipurpose, versatile research facility. Thus, the unit can be used to investigate various other processes for pollution abatement of SO{sub 2}, NO{sub x}, particulates, air toxics, and/or other pollutants