Demonstration of innovative applications of technology for the CT-121 FGD (flue gas desulfurization) process: A project proposed by Southern Company Services, Inc. Comprehensive report to Congress Clean Coal Technology Program.

摘要

A Program Opportunity Notice (PON) was issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) in February 1988, soliciting proposals to demonstrate technologies capable of commercialization in the 1990s, that are more cost effective than current technologies and capable of achieving significant reductions in sulfur dioxide (SO(sub 2)) and/or nitrogen oxides (NO(sub x)) emissions from existing coal burning facilities, particularly those that contribute to transboundary and interstate pollution. One of the sixteen projects selected for funding proposed by Southern Company Services, Inc. (SCS), is a wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) process that removes sulfur dioxide (SO(sub 2)) and particulates, produces a salable by-product gypsum and eliminates solid waste production. This process removes SO(sub 2) and particulate matter using a unique, limestone-based scrubber called the Jet Bubbling Reactor (JBR). The purpose of this ICCT project is to demonstrate the process on high-ash and high-sulfur, US coal using several design modifications that will reduce the estimated cost of the present CT-121 process applications by 23% for power plant retrofit applications and 50% for new power plant installations. This project will be performed at the Georgia Power Company's Plant Yates, Unit Number 1, located about 40 miles southwest of Atlanta. The plant is presently in commercial operation.