Electric Power ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (8): 145-150,172.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.202004179

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Test Study on SO3 Control Effect of Slurry Cooling Wet Plume Treatment Project in a Typical Coal-Fired Power Plant

WU Jiayu1, ZHU Jie2, MO Hua1, ZHANG Feng3, SHUAI Wei1, ZHANG Qing1, NA Qin4   

  1. 1. Appraisal Center for Environment & Engineering, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of P.R.C, Beijing 100012, China;
    2. Central South Electric Power Design Institute of CPECC, Wuhan 430071, China;
    3. China Resources Power (Xuzhou/Tongshan) Co., Ltd., Xuzhou 221142, China;
    4. Inner Mongolia Power Research Institute, Huhhot 010020, China
  • Received:2020-04-22 Revised:2020-05-11 Published:2020-08-05

Abstract: In this paper, the SO3 control effect of the slurry cooling wet plume treatment project is tested and evaluated. With the controlled condensation method and the isopropanol absorption method applied respectively in a 1 000 MW coal-fired power generation unit, the testing results show that the SO3 removal efficiency of the wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) system reaches 62.50% and 64.63% accordingly. The SO3 mass concentrations of the flue gas can be controlled under 3 mg/m3 with current ultra-low flue gas emission treatment facilities. However, using the same controlled condensation method and the isopropanol absorption method, the SO3 removal efficiency of the slurry cooling wet plume treatment project is only 6.68% and 5.55%, respectively, which indicates unsatisfactory SO3 control effect and relatively low environmental benefit. At last, it is suggested that the wet plume treatment of coal-fired generation plants should be implemented with great caution and on the basis of scientific verifications. Further studies are needed for efficient SO3 control techniques, SO3 testing benchmarks and related environmental management policies.

Key words: ultra-low emission, wet plume treatment project, slurry cooling, SO3, controlled condensation method, isopropanol absorption method