High Temperature Corrosion and Dioxin Abatement Using Sulfur Recirculation in a Waste-to-Energy Plant
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

Sulfur Recirculation is a novel technique for reducing the high temperature corrosion and dioxin formation in Waste-to-Energy plants by recirculating sulfur from the wet flue gas cleaning back to the boiler. This is achieved by separating SO2 from the flue gas in a wet scrubber downstream of a HCl scrubber. H2O2 dosed into the scrubber reacts with SO, in the gas and produces a 15-25 wt% H2SO4 solution, which is injected into the boiler producing SO2, thus creating a sulfur loop. The first permanent full-scale installation has been in operation in one of the two commercial full-scale Waste-to Energy boilers at Maabjerg Energy Center (MEC) in Denmark since October 2016. The recirculated sulfur increased the gas concentration of SO2 by a factor of 2-3 in the boiler, thereby enhancing the sulfation of corrosive alkali chlorides to non-corrosive alkali sulfates. The chlorine content of the superheater deposits decreased by 85%, and the superheater corrosion rate decreased by 40-90% during the first year of operation. The dioxin concentrations upstream of the dioxin removal system decreased by 75% and the dioxin emissions decreased by 72% with Sulfur Recirculation in operation. Furthermore, the sulfate containing effluent water was almost eliminated due to the increased sulfation of the ashes and deposits.

Dioxin primary measure

High temperature corrosion

Waste-to-Energy

Sulfur recirculation

Författare

Sven Andersson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Babcock and Wilcox Vølund AB

Maria Dolores Paz Olausson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Julien Phother Simon

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Torbjörn Jonsson

Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material

Detritus

2611-4127 (ISSN) 2611-4135 (eISSN)

Vol. 5 Mars 92-98

Ämneskategorier

Kemiska processer

Korrosionsteknik

DOI

10.31025/2611-4135/2019.13784

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