Open AccessAdvanced Emissions Control Development Program
Author(s) -
G A Farthing,
G T Amrhein,
G A Kudlac,
D A Yurchison,
D K McDonald,
M G Milobowski
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/924409
Subject(s) - flue gas , waste management , flue gas desulfurization , environmental science , mercury (programming language) , scrubber , coal , hazardous waste , hydrogen chloride , electrostatic precipitator , air pollutants , wet scrubber , pollutant , environmental engineering , engineering , air pollution , chemistry , computer science , organic chemistry , programming language
The primary objective of the Advanced Emissions Control Development Program (AECDP) is to develop practical, cost-effective strategies for reducing the emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, or air toxics) from coal-fired boilers. This objective is being met by identifying ways to effectively control air toxic emissions through the use of conventional flue gas cleanup equipment such as electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), fabric filters (fabric filters), and wet flue gas desulfurization (wet FGD) systems. Development work initially concentrated on the capture of trace metals, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen fluoride. Recent work has focused almost exclusively on the control of mercury emissions