. This report summarizes results of a project to character& air toxic emissions of selected hazardous air pollutants (HAPS) from the AirPol Gas Suspension Absorption SO2 control technology. This project was sponsored by AirPol Inc., the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The GSA process utilizes a semi-dry lime scrubber for SO2 and HCI removal. Most of th...

A report on a project conducted jointly under a cooperative agreement between: Cover photo: Coolside and LIMB are sorbent injection technologies. In Coolside, the sorbent is injected into the flue gas duct, while in LIMB, sorbent is injected into the upper portion of the boiler. Both clean coal technologies rely on humidification— mist sprayed into the flue gas (as shown in the photo)— which he...

This work tested two V2O5-WO3/TiO2 catalysts with different vanadium precursors for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of flue gas NO using NH3 at 150–450 ̋C. While catalyst A was prepared using ammonium metavanadate (NH4VO3) through incipient impregnation, catalyst B was made according to the solvothermal method using vanadyl acetylacetonate (VO(acac)2) as the vanadium precursor. The catalyti...

A new concept for non-catalytic NO removal from combustion flue gas is being developed at the University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER). Flue gas cleanup would be achieved through the use of activated carbons for the selective capture of NOx at stack temperatures between 70-120°C followed by desorption of a concentrated stream of NO, at elevated temperatures, near 140-150...

The use of the activated carbon produced from rice hulls to control NOx emissions for future deep space missions has been demonstrated. The optimal carbonization temperature range was found to be between 600 and 750 degrees C. A burnoff of 61.8% was found at 700 degrees C in pyrolysis and 750 degrees C in activation. The BET surface area of the activated carbon from rice hulls was determined to...

In steam power plants, any improvement in the cooling towers thermal performance will cause the condenser's temperature to decrease; which in turn enhances the power plant's efficiency. Due to water shortage, many power plants all around the world rely on natural draft dry cooling towers (Heller type). In these cooling towers, condenser's exit hot water is pumped to vertical or horizontal finne...

In this chapter we give a categorical definition of the integral cohomology ring of a stack. For quotient stacks [X/G] the categorical cohomology ring may be identified with the equivariant cohomology H∗ G(X). Identifying the stack cohomology ring with equivariant cohomology allows us to prove that the cohomology ring of a quotient Deligne-Mumford stack is rationally isomorphic to the cohomolog...

Low halogen content in tested Powder River Basin (PRB) coals and low loss of ignition content (LOI) in PRB-derived fly ash were likely responsible for higher elemental mercury content (averaging about 75%) in the flue gas and also lower mercury capture efficiency by electrostatic precipitator (ESP) and wet-FGD. To develop a cost-effective approach to mercury capture in a full-scale coal-fired u...

The feasibility of recycling carbon dioxide into concretes through their curing processes was investigated. The CO2 uptake capacities of four commonly used concrete building products: masonry block, paving stone, cement board and fiberboard, were evaluated. It was found that, based on the cement content used in the product, the uptake capacities of the four products ranged from 9.8% to 18.9% wh...