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The Effects of Flue Gas SO3 on the Operation of Coal-Fired Units and Countermeasures

Received: 24 April 2018     Accepted: 14 May 2018     Published: 1 June 2018
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Abstract

There exists a certain amount of SO3 in flue gas discharged from coal-fired power plants. The implementation and “ultra-low emission” retrofitting of SCR in China greatly increased the concentration of SO3 in flue gas, which will lead to fouling, erosion and plugging of the SCR reactor and the air preheater downstream. With the lowered dew point of the flue gas, the ammonia sliped from the SCR reactor together with the SO3 in flue gas will leads to dust accumulation in the Electric Precipitator or in the Bag-house Filter, too. In this study, the main effects and its mechanism of SO3 on the safety, stability and efficiency of units were analyzed, and measures to control SO3 were proposed.

Published in International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijepe.20180703.11
Page(s) 27-32
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Keywords

Coal-Fired Flue Gas, SO3, Operation of Units, Control of SO3

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  • State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal-Fired Power Generation and Pollution Control, Guodian Science and Technology Research Institute, Nanjing, China

  • State Key Laboratory of Clean and Efficient Coal-Fired Power Generation and Pollution Control, Guodian Science and Technology Research Institute, Nanjing, China

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