New Approach to the Emission of Flue Gases Caused by Sludge Incineration in the Netherlands

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. van der Vlies ◽  
J. H. B. te Marvelde
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Flue Gases ◽  
Gas Purification ◽  
Incineration Plant ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Sludge Incineration ◽  
Limited Degree ◽  
The Town

Recycling of sewage sludge will soon no longer be possible in The Netherlands, or will be possible only to a very limited degree. For that reason, part of the sewage sludge will have to be incinerated. This will happen particularly in those areas where tipping space is very limited. A sludge incineration plant is planned to be built in the town of Dordrecht, with a capacity of 45,000 tonnes dry solids per year. The plant will be subject to the very strict flue gas emission requirements of the Dutch Guideline on Incineration. The Guideline demands a sophisticated flue gas purification procedure.

scholarly journals Low-Cost Organic Adsorbents for Elemental Mercury Removal from Lignite Flue Gas

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2174
Author(s):  
Marta Marczak-Grzesik ◽  
Stanisław Budzyń ◽  
Barbara Tora ◽  
Szymon Szufa ◽  
Krzysztof Kogut ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flue Gas ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Elemental Mercury ◽  
Mercury Content ◽  
Flue Gases ◽  
Mercury Removal ◽  
Gas Purification ◽  
Gas Temperature ◽  
Corn Straw ◽  
Flue Gas Purification

The research presented by the authors in this paper focused on understanding the behavior of mercury during coal combustion and flue gas purification operations. The goal was to determine the flue gas temperature on the mercury emissions limits for the combustion of lignites in the energy sector. The authors examined the process of sorption of mercury from flue gases using fine-grained organic materials. The main objectives of this study were to recommend a low-cost organic adsorbent such as coke dust (CD), corn straw char (CS-400), brominated corn straw char (CS-400-Br), rubber char (RC-600) or granulated rubber char (GRC-600) to efficiently substitute expensive dust-sized activated carbon. The study covered combustion of lignite from a Polish field. The experiment was conducted at temperatures reflecting conditions inside a flue gas purification installation. One of the tested sorbents—tire-derived rubber char that was obtained by pyrolysis—exhibited good potential for Hg0 into Hg2+ oxidation, resulting in enhanced mercury removal from the flue. The char characterization increased elevated bromine content (mercury oxidizing agent) in comparison to the other selected adsorbents. This paper presents the results of laboratory tests of mercury sorption from the flue gases at temperatures of 95, 125, 155 and 185 °C. The average mercury content in Polish lignite was 465 μg·kg−1. The concentration of mercury in flue gases emitted into the atmosphere was 17.8 µg·m−3. The study analyzed five low-cost sorbents with the average achieved efficiency of mercury removal from 18.3% to 96.1% for lignite combustion depending on the flue gas temperature.

Modeling the adsorption of mercury in the flue gas of sewage sludge incineration

2003 ◽  
Vol 96 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Malerius ◽  
Joachim Werther
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Sludge Incineration

Mercury Removal in the Flue Gas Scrubber of a Fluidized-Bed Sewage Sludge Incinerator

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Malerius ◽  
J. Werther ◽  
M. Mineur
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Fluidized Bed ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Mercury Removal ◽  
Fluidized Bed Combustion ◽  
Mercury Compounds ◽  
Sludge Incineration ◽  
Mercury Capture ◽  
Operation Parameters

The fluidized bed sewage sludge incineration plant of the city of Hamburg started its operation in May, 1997. An acid scrubber was designed as the main sink of mercury. A first modification of the mercury removal concept was presented on the 16th Fluidized Bed Combustion Conference in 2001 [1]. Mercury compounds are now dissolved in the acid scrubber and precipitated with a solution of sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate. In the year 2002 the operation of the acid scrubber has been investigated to optimize the scrubber performance. Suspension pH, amount of precipitant and density of the scrubber suspension were varied to find the optimum operation parameters for the capture of mercury at minimum cost. It was found that with an increase of the density of the scrubber suspension the mercury removal efficiency was enhanced such that the dosage of the precipitant could be decreased significantly. After this optimization process the pollutant streams into the environment were minimized. The paper presents the influence of the scrubber operation parameters on the mercury capture using continuous mercury measurements in the flue gas upstream and downstream of the scrubber. The results of this investigation led to both a minimization of the pollutant streams into the atmosphere and a reduction of the operation cost.

Reducing the Mercury Emissions from a Sewage Sludge Incineration Plant

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanns-Rudolf Paur ◽  
Hubert Büchele ◽  
Sune Andreasson ◽  
Rolf Willms
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Incineration Plant ◽  
Mercury Emissions ◽  
Sludge Incineration

FLUE GAS PURIFICATION FROM SULFUR OXIDES AND ASH DURING SOLID FUEL COMBUSTION IN LOW-POWER BOILERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-374
Author(s):  
S. V. Plashykhin ◽  
T. V. Bojko ◽  
D. N. Skladannyy ◽  
Ju. A. Zaporozhets ◽  
Artem S. Safiants
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Solid Fuel ◽  
Flue Gas ◽  
Fuel Combustion ◽  
Sulfur Oxides ◽  
Gas Purification ◽  
Solid Fuel Combustion ◽  
Flue Gas Purification
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