Coal-fired power plants have traditionally operated with stack temperatures in the 300°F range to minimize fouling and corrosion problems due to sulfuric acid condensation and to provide a buoyancy force to assist in the transport of flue gas up the stack. However, as an alternative, there would be benefits to cooling the flue gas to temperatures below the water vapor and acid dew points, while capturing the condensed water vapor. This paper describes experimental results from a DOE and industry-funded project to develop condensing heat exchangers for application to coal-fired power plants. A system of condensing heat exchangers was designed, fabricated and tested using slip streams of boiler flue gas and experiments were performed to measure the effects of process parameters on rates of heat transfer and water vapor condensation. In addition, measurements were made to characterize the acid concentrations in the condensed water which collected on the heat exchanger tubes and to quantify the effects of the heat exchangers on flue gas mercury concentrations.
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ASME 2011 Power Conference collocated with JSME ICOPE 2011
July 12–14, 2011
Denver, Colorado, USA
Conference Sponsors:
- Power Division
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978-0-7918-4459-5
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Heat Exchangers for Cooling Boiler Flue Gas to Temperatures Below the Water Vapor Dewpoint Available to Purchase
Harun Bilirgen,
Harun Bilirgen
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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Michael Kessen,
Michael Kessen
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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Daniel Hazell,
Daniel Hazell
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
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Barbara Carney
Barbara Carney
National Energy Technology Lab, Morgantown, WV
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Edward Levy
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Harun Bilirgen
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Michael Kessen
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Daniel Hazell
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Barbara Carney
National Energy Technology Lab, Morgantown, WV
Paper No:
POWER2011-55106, pp. 393-399; 7 pages
Published Online:
February 28, 2012
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Levy, E, Bilirgen, H, Kessen, M, Hazell, D, & Carney, B. "Heat Exchangers for Cooling Boiler Flue Gas to Temperatures Below the Water Vapor Dewpoint." Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Power Conference collocated with JSME ICOPE 2011. ASME 2011 Power Conference, Volume 1. Denver, Colorado, USA. July 12–14, 2011. pp. 393-399. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/POWER2011-55106
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