Overview

Flue gas is gas that exits to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator. Quite often, it refers to the combustion exhaust gas produced at power plants. Its composition depends on what is being burned, but it will usually consist of mostly nitrogen (typically more than two-thirds) derived from the combustion air, carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapour as well as excess oxygen (also derived from the combustion air). It further contains a small percentage of pollutants such as particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides. For each ton of oil or coal fuel burned at a power plant, the flue gas contains 3 to 3.5 tons of carbon dioxide. At power plants, flue gas is often treated with a series of chemical processes and scrubbers, which remove pollutants. Electrostatic precipitators or fabric filters remove particulate matter and flue gas desulfurisation captures the sulphur dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels, particularly coal. Nitrogen oxides are treated either by modifications to the combustion process to prevent their formation, or by high temperature or catalytic reaction with ammonia or urea. In either case, the aim is to produce nitrogen gas, rather than nitrogen oxides. In the US there is a rapid deployment of technologies to remove mercury from flue gas - typically by adsorption on sorbents or by capture in inert solids as part of the flue gas desulfurisation product. This new book presents the latest research in this field.

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Author:   Theodore B Naylor
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   1.042kg
ISBN:  

9781606924495

ISBN 10:   1606924494
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   28 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Flue Gases: Research, Technology and Economics; Energy in Europe: Economics, Policy and Strategy; Emissions and Control of Trace Elements and PM 2.5 during Coal Combustion in China; Control of NOx Emissions from Energy Production; Novel Microporous and Mesoporous Materials for CO2 Capture from Flue Gases; Mercury Behavior in Flue Gases of Coal-Fired Power Plants: Modeling Study; Sorbents in Flue Gas Emission Control; Carbon Dioxide Capture: Technical Review and Proposal of an Alternative Absorption Process; No Reduction in Flue Gas by Reaction with N2 and Ammonia-Derived Radicals; Smoking Process: Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Levels in Smoked Foods; High Efficient Decomposition of CF4 Gases by Combustion Method; Index.

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