Fugitive Emission Calculations for Coal Storage Piles at the MLGW Industrial Fuel Gas Demonstration Plant in Memphis, Tennessee

摘要

Calculations were made to quantify an estimate of the fugitive emissions from two coal storage piles at the MLGW Industrial Fuel Gas Demonstration Plant in Memphis, Tennessee. A search of current literature was conducted to find a documented empirical method for determining fugitive emissions from open storage piles and the emission control achievable by dust suppressants. Equations from the EPA publication Iron and Steel Plant Open Source Fugitive Emission Evaluation for fugitive emissions from storage piles were used. The equations were applied to calculations for a short-term storage (active) coal pile and a long-term storage (inactive) coal pile. The reduced emission rate resulting from control technology was then calculated. Calculations were done for a normal anticipated case and a maximum expected case for both storage piles. Section 2.0 is a general discussion of methodology, giving the equations used and defining each parameter in the equations. Section 3.0 gives the quantification of each parameter. Calculations and results are presented in Section 4.0. (ERA citation 08:009041)