Sulfur recirculation for increased electricity production in Waste-to-Energy plants

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• 作者：Sven Andersson ; Evalena W. Blomqvist ; Linda B盲fver ; Frida Jones ; Kent Davidsson ; Jan Froitzheim ; Martin Karlsson ; Erik Larsson ; Jesper Liske
• 关键词：A ; Alkali  ; =  ; Na and K ; Cl/S ; Chlorine/sulfur molar ratio ; DLPI ; Dekati Low-Pressure Impactor ; EDX ; Energy Dispersive X-rays ; ICP-AES ; (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry) ; ICP-OES ; (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry) ; I-TEQ ; International Toxic EQuivalents ; PCDD ; Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins ; PCDF ; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans ; SEM ; Scanning Electron Microscopy ; TEF ; Toxic Equivalent Factor ; XRD ; X-Ray Diffraction
• 刊名：Waste Management
• 出版年：January, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：34
• 期：1
• 页码：67-78
• 全文大小：4045 K

文摘

Sulfur recirculation is a new technology for reducing boiler corrosion and dioxin formation. It was demonstrated in full-scale tests at a Waste to Energy plant in G枚teborg (Sweden) during nearly two months of operation. Sulfur was recirculated as sulfuric acid from the flue gas cleaning back to the boiler, thus creating a sulfur loop.

The new technology was evaluated by extensive measurement campaigns during operation under normal conditions (reference case) and operation with sulfur recirculation. The chlorine content of both fly ash and boiler ash decreased and the sulfur content increased during the sulfur recirculation tests. The deposit growth and the particle concentration decreased with sulfur recirculation and the dioxin concentration (I-TEQ) of the flue gas was reduced by approximately 25%. Sulfuric acid dew point measurements showed that the sulfuric acid dosage did not lead to elevated SO₃ concentrations, which may otherwise induce low temperature corrosion.

In the sulfur recirculation corrosion probe exposures, the corrosion rate decreased for all tested materials (16Mo3, Sanicro 28 and Inconel 625) and material temperatures (450 掳C and 525 掳C) compared to the reference exposure. The corrosion rates were reduced by 60-90%. Sulfur recirculation prevented the formation of transition metal chlorides at the metal/oxide interface, formation of chromate and reduced the presence of zinc in the corrosion products. Furthermore, measured corrosion rates at 525 掳C with sulfur recirculation in operation were similar or lower compared to those measured at 450 掳C material temperature in reference conditions, which corresponds to normal operation at normal steam temperatures. This implies that sulfur recirculation allows for higher steam data and electricity production without increasing corrosion.