1. Sulfite removal from flue-gas desulfurization residues of coal-fired power plants: Oxidation experiments and kinetic parameters estimation
- Author
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Ofélia de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo, José Luiz de Medeiros, and Igor Nunes Rodrigues
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Arrhenius equation ,Dry-oxidation ,Magnesium ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Activation energy ,Flue-gas desulfurization ,Kinetic model ,Raw material ,Pulp and paper industry ,TK1-9971 ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,symbols.namesake ,General Energy ,Pilot plant ,Coal-fired power plants ,chemistry ,Sulfite ,symbols ,Environmental science ,Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering ,FGD ,Sulfur dioxide ,Flue-gas desulfurization residue - Abstract
Semi-dry flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) processes abate 99% of atmospheric emissions of sulfur dioxide from coal-fired power plants at the expense of producing daily tones of solid FGD residues containing sulfites, sulfates, carbonates and hydroxides of calcium and magnesium, besides fly-ashes. In this work, a fluidized-bed reactor pilot plant was used for experiments of dry-oxidation of FGD residues aiming at converting sulfites into sulfates in order to upgrade such residues for utilization as raw material to the cement industry. A two-dimensional design of experiments on the plane of feed air temperature and reactor time-on-stream was conducted in the pilot plant generating sulfite conversion data and transient reactor temperature profiles. These data were used for estimating the first-order kinetic parameters of sulfite conversion via non-linear regression following the Maximum Likelihood Principle. The optimized Arrhenius factor and Arrhenius activation energy obtained via the Nelder–Mead Flexible Simplex method were, respectively, 0.001 mol/kg.s.bar and 14146.5 J/mol. This kinetic model allows designing large-scale plants for treatment of semi-dry FGD residues in order to beneficiate it for utilization in the cement industry, avoiding the disposal and environmental costs of landfilling such residues.
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- 2021