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http://dx.doi.org/10.9719/EEG.2019.52.2.119

Evaluation of SO2 Absorption Efficiency for Calcined Oyster Shell Slurry Using a Simulated Spray Type-flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) System: A Comparative Study with Limestone Slurry  

Kim, Seok-Hwi (Center for Plant Engineering, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Hong, Bum-Uh (Center for Plant Engineering, Institute for Advanced Engineering)
Lee, Jin-Won (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Cha, Wang-Seok (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Kim, Kangjoo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Moon, Bo-Kyung (Korea Western Power, Co., Ltd.)
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Economic and Environmental Geology / v.52, no.2, 2019 , pp. 119-128 More about this Journal
Abstract
About 300,000 tones of oyster shell are annually produced in Korea and, thus, a massive recycling plan is required. Many desulfurizing studies using oyster shells with chemical composition of $CaCO_3$ have been performed so far; however, most of them have focused on dry desulfurization. This study investigates the possibility of using oyster shells for wet desulfurization after calcination. For this, a simulated wet desulfurization facility of spray type was devised and compared the SOx-stripping characteristics of calcined oyster shell with those of limestone. The calcined oyster shell slurry indicate a better desulfurizability than the slurries of raw shell or limestone because the oyster shell transformed to a more reactive phase ($Ca(OH)_2$) by the calcination and hydration. Because of this reason, when the calcined oyster shell slurries were used, the reaction residue showed the higher gypsum ($CaSO_4{\cdot}2H_2O$) contents than any other cases. In the continuous desulfurization experiments, calcined oyster shell slurry showed a wider pH variation than limestone or raw oyster shell slurries, another clear indication of high reactivity of calcined oyster shells for $SO_2$ absorption. Our study also shows that the efficiency of wet desulfurization can be improved by the use of calcined oyster shells.
Keywords
wet desulfurization; oyster shell; calcination; portlandite; limestone; coal-burning power plant;
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