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Method for flue gas conditioning with the decomposition products of ammonium sulfate or ammonium bisulfate

Patent 4533364 Issued on August 6, 1985. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject February 1, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

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3665676

Method of conditioning flue gas to electrostatic precipitator
Patent #: 4042348
Issued on: 08/16/1977
Inventor: Bennett ,   et al.

Method of conditioning flue gas to electrostatic precipitator
Patent #: 4043768
Issued on: 08/23/1977
Inventor: Bennett ,   et al.

Process for converting sulfitic solutions by means of ammonium bisulfate with SO2 production
Patent #: 4146579
Issued on: 03/27/1979
Inventor: Dezael ,   et al.

Stack gas reheater system Patent #: 4300920
Issued on: 11/17/1981
Inventor: Grove

Inventors

Application

No. 06/462754 filed on 02/01/1983

US Classes:

95/58, With addition of solid, gas, or vapor423/215.5, Solid component423/541.4Ammonium sulfate

Examiners

Primary: Nozick, Bernard

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

B03C 3/00 (20060101)
B03C 3/013 (20060101)

Abstract

A method is provided for enhancing the efficiency of fly ash collection in an electrostatic precipitator by lowering the resistivity of the fly ash particles in the flue gas, comprising the steps of introducing an aqueous solution of ammonium sulfate or ammonium bisulfate into a slipstream of hot gas in a chamber external to the main flue gas duct wherein thermal decomposition is effected and distributing the decomposition products into the main flue gas stream exiting from the air preheater at a point upstream from the electrostatic precipitator.

Other References

  • Lowe, H. J., "Reduction of Emission of Pollutants, Recent Advances in Electrostatic Precipitators for Dust Removal", Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. A. 265, 301-307 (1969)
  • Chemical Abstracts, 75, 121047c, "Increase in the Operating Efficiency of Electrostatic Precipitators" (1971)
  • Dalmon, J. and Tidy, D., "A Comparison of Chemical Additives as Aids to the Electrostatic Precipitation of Fly-Ash", Atmospheric Environment 6, 721-734 (1972)
  • Dismukes, Edward B., "Conditioning of Fly Ash with Sulfamic Acid, Ammonium Sulfate, and Ammonium Bisulfate", Environmental Protection Technology Series, EPA-650/2-74-114 (1974)
  • Tu, K. W. and Kanapilly, G. M., "Generation and Characterization of Submicron Ammonium Sulfate and Ammonium Hydrogen Sulfate Aerosols", Atmospheric Environment 12, 1623-1629 (1978)
  • Spafford, Dismukes and Dillon, "Analysis of Thermal Decomposition Products of Flue Gas Conditioning Agents", EPA-600/7-79-179 (1979)
  • Oglesby, Jr., S. and Nichols, G. B., Electrostatic Precipitation, Dekker, 1978, pp. 119-155
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