Intra- and inter-unit variation in fly ash petrography and mercury adsorption: Examples from a western Kentucky power station
Energy and Fuels
By: J.C. Hower, R. B. Finkelman, R.F. Rathbone, and J. Goodman
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Abstract
Fly ash was collected from eight mechanical and 10 baghouse hoppers at each of the twin 150-MW wall-fired units in a western Kentucky power station. The fuel burned at that time was a blend of many low-sulfur, high-volatile bituminous Central Appalachian coals. The baghouse ash showed less variation between units than the mechanical hoppers. The mechanical fly ash, coarser than the baghouse ash, showed significant differences in the amount of total carbon and in the ratio of isotropic coke to both total carbon and total coke - the latter excluding inertinite and other unburned, uncoked coal. There was no significant variation in proportions of inorganic fly ash constituents. The inter-unit differences in the amount and forms of mechanical fly ash carbon appear to be related to differences in pulverizer efficiency, leading to greater amounts of coarse coal, therefore unburned carbon, in one of the units. Mercury capture is a function of both the total carbon content and the gas temperature at the point of fly ash separation, mercury content increasing with an increase in carbon for a specific collection system. Mercury adsorption on fly ash carbon increases at lower flue-gas temperatures. Baghouse fly ash, collected at a lower temperature than the higher-carbon mechanically separated fly ash, contains a significantly greater amount of Hg.
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Hower, J., Finkelman, R.B., Rathbone, R., Goodman, J., 2000, Intra- and inter-unit variation in fly ash petrography and mercury adsorption: Examples from a western Kentucky power station: Energy and Fuels, v. 14, no. 1, p. 212-216, https://doi.org/10.1021/ef9901488.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Intra- and inter-unit variation in fly ash petrography and mercury adsorption: Examples from a western Kentucky power station |
| Series title | Energy and Fuels |
| DOI | 10.1021/ef9901488 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | December 07, 1999 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ACS |
| Publisher location | Washington, DC, United States |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Energy and Fuels |
| First page | 212 |
| Last page | 216 |