United States
Environmental Protection Agency
Electric Power Research Institute
Research and Development
&EPA Symposium on
Flue Gas
EPRI Desulfurization
Program
The Diplomat Hotel
Hollywood, Florida
May 17-20, 1982
Sponsored by:
US EPA
Industrial Environmental
Research Laboratory
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
and
Electric Power Research Institute
Coal Combustion Systems Division
Palo Alto CA 94303
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General Information
Symposium The purpose of the seventh symposium on Flue
Purpose Gas Desulfurization (FGD) is to provide a forum
for the exchange of technical and regulatory
information and developments on the systems
and processes applicable to utility and industrial
boilers.
Registration Convention Hall Foyer:
Sunday, May 16, 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
May 17, 18, 19, and 20, beginning at
8:00 a.m.
Fee Total registration fee—$75.00.
Nonoptional— $55.00. Optional— $20.00,
Refreshment Breaks and Mixer. Charge for a
spouse or guest at Mixer is $15.00.
Make checks payable to Research Triangle
Institute. April 30 is the cutoff date for any
refund of the registration fee.
Meeting Rooms Convention Halls B and C
Special Monday, May 17, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Events A Get-Acquainted Mixer with a cash bar will be
held at Poolside.
Information Incoming messages will be posted on a bulletin
Center board near the registration area. Callers should
dial (305) 457-8111 and ask for the EPA/EPRI
symposium registration desk.
Preprints Preprints of symposium presentations will be
distributed to paid registrants.
Proceedings Proceedings, when published, can be obtained
from NTIS or the EPRI Research Reports Center
(RRC), Box 50490, Palo Alto CA 94303.
Symposium Michael A. Maxwell
Chairmen IERL-RTP, US EPA. MD-61
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Stuart M. Dalton
Coal Combustion Systems Division
EPRI
Palo Alto CA 94303
Program Julian W. Jones
Chairman IERL-RTP, US EPA, MD-61
Research Triangle Park NC 27711
Symposium Franklin A. Ayer
Coordinator Research Triangle Institute
P.O. Box 12194
Research Triangle Park NC 27709
(919) 541-6260
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Program 3
Symposium on Flue Gas Desulfurization
Symposium Chairmen: Michael A. Maxwell, EPA
Stuart M. Dalton. EPRI
Monday Morning, May 17. 1982
Session 1 Opening Session
Chairmen: Michael A. Maxwell, EPA
Stuart M. Dalton, EPRI
9:00 Welcome and Introduction —Michael A.
Maxwell, Chief, Emissions/Effluent Technology
Branch, Industrial Environmental Research
Laboratory, EPA, Research Triangle Park NC;
and Stuart M. Dalton, Program Manager, Coal
Combustion and Systems Division, EPRI,
Palo Alto CA
9:10 1A Keynote Address: Kilowatts from Coal -
H. William Elder, Assistant Director, Division
of Energy Demonstrations and Technology,
Office of Power, TVA, Muscle Shoals AL
9:4O 1B Status of Air Legislation/Regulations — Walter C.
Barber, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, EPA, Research Triangle
Park NC.
10:10 1C Status of Solid Waste Regulations-Stephen A.
Lingle, Chief, Technology Branch, Hazardous
Industrial Waste Division, EPA, Washington DC
10:40 Break
11:10 1D Trends in Commercial Applications of Flue Gas
Desulfurization- Bernard A. Laseke, PEDCo
Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati OH
11:40 1E Economic Evaluation and Comparison of
Alternative Limestone Scrubbing Options —
T. A. Burnett, Robert L. Torstrick*, and
S. A. Sudhoff, TVA, Muscle Shoals AL
12:10 Lunch
Monday Afternoon, May 17, 1982
Session 2 Materials of Construction
Chairman: Charles E. Dene, Project Manager,
EPRI, Palo Alto CA
1:30 2A Materials Problem: Operating a Closed-Loop
Limestone FGD System —Daniel A. Froelich",
Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co., Kansas
City MO; and Marcus Ware, South Mississippi
Electric Power Association, Hattiesburg MS
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Program . 4
2:00 2B Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics and Their
Successful Use in Flue Gas Desulfurization
Equipment —Winston J. Renoud, Fiberglass
Structural Engineering, Inc., Bellingham WA
2:30 2C Full-Scale DA FGD Experience at Central Illinois
Public Service Company's Newton Station —
Jerry L. Simpson* and Richard J. Grant, Central
Illinois Public Service Company, Springfield IL
3:00 Break
3:30 2O Laboratory and Field Evaluation of Materials for
Flue Gas Desulfurization Systems — Gerhardus H.
Koch* and John A. Beavers, Battelle Columbus
Laboratories, Columbus OH
4:00 2E Materials of Construction Problems at Pleasants
Power Station —William R. Cress* and Terry L.
Misner, Allegheny Power Service Corp.,
Greensburg PA
6:00-7:30 Get-Acquainted Mixer and Cash Bar
Tuesday Morning, May 18, 1982
Session 3 Dual Alkali
Chairman: Norman Kaplan, Chemical Engineer,
EPA, Research Triangle Park NC
8:30 3A Results of DOWA Technology Tests at the
Shawnee Scrubber Facility—Gerald A.
Hollinden*, TVA, Chattanooga TN; Steven J.
Pfeffer, UOP Inc., Norwalk CT; Daniel B. Smith,
UOP Inc., Des Plaines IL; and Richard A.
Runyan and Steve F. Newton, TVA,
Chattanooga TN
9:00 3B Full-Scale Dual Alkali Demonstration at
Louisville Gas and Electric—Norman Kaplan*,
EPA, Research Triangle Park NC; and
Elizabeth D. Gibson and Lawrence R.
Woodland. A. D. Little, Inc., Cambridge MA
9:30 3C Double Alkali Flue Gas Desulfurization Retrofit
on an Industrial Cogeneration Facility—
D. V. Francis*, ARCO Chemical Co.,
Monaca PA; and R. S. Biolchini and J. D.
Coons, FMC Corporation, Itasca IL
10:00 3D Pilot Testing of Limestone Regenerated in Dual
Alkali Processes —John C. S. Chang and J. H.
Dempsey*, Acurex Corporation, Research
Triangle Park NC; and Norman Kaplan, EPA,
Research Triangle Park NC
10:30 Break
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Session 4
11:00 4A
11:30 4B
12:00 4C
12:30 4D
2:00-4:30
Evening Panel
7:30-9:30
Program 5
Special Studies
Chairman: Dorothy A. Stewart.
Project Manager. EPRI,
Palo Alto CA
Chloride Ion Effects on Limestone FGD System
Performance—John C. S. Chang*. Acurex
Corporation, Research Triangle Park NC; and
Dennis Laslo, Peabody Process Systems, Inc.,
Stamford CT
FGD Chemistry and Water Integration—
Dorothy A. Stewart*, EPRI, Palo Alto CA;
and 0. W. Hargrove, Jr., Radian Corporation,
Austin TX
Continuous Emission Monitoring of Flue Gas
Desulfurization Systems—Peter R. Westlin,
EPA, Research Triangle Park NC
Full-Scale Utility Flue Gas Desulfurization
System Characterization Results—Richard G.
Rhudy, EPRI, Palo Alto CA; Wayne E. Morgan*,
Black & Veatch Consulting Engineers, Kansas
City MO; and P. S. Lowell, P. S. Lowell &
Company, Inc., Austin TX
Tuesday Afternoon. May 18. 1982
No Formal Session Scheduled
Optional seminar —"Limestone FGD
Scrubbers: User's Handbook."
Tuesday Evening. May 18, 1982
Panel: Reliability and Maintenance
Chairman: Thomas M. Morasky, Manager,
Reliability and Nonrecovery
Systems, EPRI, Palo Alto CA
How Reliable Should an FGD System Be?—
David W. Joos, Black & Veatch Consulting
Engineers, Kansas City MO
Failure Mode Analysis for Lime/Limestone FGD
Systems—Harvey S. Rosenberg, Battelle
Memorial Institute, Columbus OH
Reliability of Lime/Limestone FGD Tech-
nology—Bernard A. Laseke, PEDCo Environ-
mental, Inc., Cincinnati OH
FGD Reliability Improvement at the Bruce
Mansfield Plant—Russell C. Forsythe,
Pennsylvania Power Co., New Castle PA
Positive Thoughts about FGD Reliability-
James H. Buckner, TVA, Chattanooga TN
Design Features of a Highly Reliable FGD
System—Christopher P. Wedig, Stone &
Webster Engineering Corporation, Boston MA
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Session 6
9:00 5A -
9:30 SB
10:10 5C
10:30
Session 6
Program 6
Reliability Engineering: The Source of Depend-
able Plant Operations-G. Michael Curley,
Utah Power & Light Co., Salt Lake City UT
Wednesday Morning, May 18. 1982
Flue Gas Treatment (Combined SOX/NOX)
Removal
Chairman: J. David Mobley. Environmental
Engineer, EPA, Research Triangle
ParkNC
SOX and NOX Removal for Coal-Fired Boilers in
Japan —Jumpei Ando, Chuo University, Tokyo.
Japan
EPA's Pilot Plant Evaluation of NOX and
NOX/SOX Flue Gas Treatment Technology —
Jack M. Burke*, Radian Corporation,
Austin TX; and J. David Mobley, EPA,
Research Triangle Park NC
DOE's Electron Beam Irradiation Developmental
Program —Edward C. Trexler, DOE,
Washington DC
Break
Limestone/Organic Acid
Chairman: J. David Mobley. Environmental
Engineer. EPA. Research Triangle
ParkNC
11:00 6A Buffer Additives for Lime/Limestone Scrubbing:
A Review of R&D Results —Gary T. Rochelle,
University of Texas, Austin TX
11:30 68 Results of Industrial and Utility Boiler Full-Scale
Demonstration of Adipic Acid Addition to
Limestone Scrubbers —J. David Colley and
0. W. Hargrove, Jr.', Radian Corporation,
'Austin TX; and J. David Mobley, EPA, Research
Triangle Park NC
12:00 6C Commercial Application Experience with
Organic Acid Addition at Springfield City
Utilities—N. Dale Hicks* and David Fraley,
Springfield City Utilities, Springfield MO
12:30 Lunch
Wednesday Afternoon. May 19, 1982
Session 7 . Lime/Limestone Utility Applications
Chairman: Charles C. Masser. Environmental
Engineer. EPA. Research Triangle
Park NC
2:00 7A Flue Gas Desulfurization Operations at Apache
Station—Robert L. Maurice, Jr., Arizona Electric
Power Cooperative, Inc., Cochise AZ
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Program 7
2:30 7B Evaluation of Alternative FGD System Removal
Efficiency and Reliability Improvement Options
at APS Four Corners Units 1, 2, and 3-
David W. Joos* and W. E. Morgan, Black &
Veatch Consulting Engineers, Kansas City MO;
J. G. Noblett, Jr., P. S. Lowell & Co., Inc.,
Austin TX; and C. D. Allen, Arizona Public
Service Co., Phoenix AZ
3:00 Break
Session 8 By-Product Disposal/Utilization
Chairman: Julian W. Jones, Chemical Engineer.
EPA, Research Triangle Park NC
3:30 8A Characterization and Environmental Evaluation
of Full-Scale Utility Waste Disposal Sites:
March 1982 Status Report-Chakra J.
Santhanam*, Charles B. Cooper, and
Armand A. Balasco, A. D. Little, Inc.,
Cambridge MA; and Julian W. Jones, EPA,
Research Triangle Park NC
4:00 8B Summary of EPRI FGD Sludge Disposal Re-
search-Dean M. Golden, EPRI, Palo Alto CA
4:30 8C Utilization of FGD By-Product Gypsum —
Stephen D. Jenkins*, Tampa Electric Co.,
Tampa FL; and William Ellison, Ellison
Consultants, Monrovia MD
5:00 80 Characteristics of By-Products from Dry Scrub-
bing Systems—Carol May Thompson*, Radian
Corporation, Austin TX; and Richard G. Rhudy,
EPRI, Palo Alto CA
Thursday Morning, May 20, 1982
Session 9 Dry FGO Systems
Chairman: James O. Kilgroe. Manager.
Dry Scrubbing Program, EPA,
Research Triangle Park NC
9:00 9A Current Status of Dry Flue Gas Desulfurization
Systems—Mary E. Kelly*, Radian Corporation,
Austin TX; James D. Kilgroe and Theodore G.
Bma, EPA, Research Triangle Park NC; and
Richard G. Rhudy, EPRI, Palo Alto CA
9:30 9B Dry FGD Pilot Plant Results: Lime Spray
Absorption for High Sulfur Coal and Dry Injec-
tion of Sodium Compounds for Low Sulphur
Coal—Eric A. Samuel", Thomas W. Lugar,
Dennis E. Lapp and Owen F. Fortune, General
Electric Environmental Services, Inc.,
Lebanon PA; Theodore G. Bma, EPA, Research
Triangle Park NC; and Ronald L. Ostop, Depart-
ment of Public Utilities, City of Colorado
Springs, Colorado Springs CO
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Program 8
10:00 9C EPRI Spray Drying Pilot Plant Status and
Results—Gary M. Blythe*, John M. Burke,
Mary E. Kelly, and Larry A. Rohlack, Radian
Corporation, Austin TX; and Richard G. Rhudy,
EPRI, Palo Alto CA
10:30 Break
11:00 9O Demonstration of S02 Removal on a Coal-Fired
Boiler by Injection of Dry Sodium Compounds —
Lawrence J. Muzio* and T. K. Sonnichsen,
KVB Inc., Irvine CA; Richard Hooper, EPRI,
Palo Alto CA; George P. Green, Public Service
Company of Colorado, Denver CO; and
N. D. Shah, Multi Mineral Corporation,
Grand Junction CO
11:30 9E Dry Scrubbing at Northern States Power
Company Riverside Generating Plant—S. M.
Kaplan, Niro Atomizer, Inc., Columbia MD;
Robert C. Hyde, Joy Manufacturing Company,
Los Angeles CA; and Carl A. Sannes* and
Michael F. Skinner, Northern States Power Co.,
Minneapolis MN
12:00 9F Atomization —The Key to Dry Scrubbing at the
Coyote Station —Merrill F. Lewis*, Montana-
Dakota Utilities Co., Beulah ND; and Dennis C.
Gehri, Rockwell International Corporation,
San Francisco CA
12:30 9G SC>2 Control with Limestone in Low NOX
Systems Development Status—Dennis C.
Drehmel*, G. Blair Martin, and James H.
Abbott, EPA, Research Triangle Park NC
1:00 Closing Remarks-Michael A. Maxwell, EPA
Stuart M. Dalton, EPRI
1:15 Adjournment
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