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Pollution control Question 11
We would like to know the effect of removal of an ESP outside casing insulation if the prevailing ambient temperature is 40 degrees Centigrade and rainfall is scarce, ie dry weather, and is it possible to get a decrease in gas temperature inside the filter by this action or there are going to be some operational problems?
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1156 posts
Re: Pollution control
There will certainly be operational problems if you remove the insulation from your ESP. The temperature of the inner walls of the ESP will then become equal to the ambient temperature of 40 degrees C. This will be below the acid dew point of the gases passing through the ESP and you will have condensation on the inner walls and internal fittings of the ESP. You will then suffer from severe corrosion problems and will have to replace the internal fittings of the ESP on a regular basis.
My recommendation would be to adjust the raw mix chemistry to raise the LSF and AM and compensate for these changes. This will reduce the amount of baghouse fines required and therefore the ZnO additions. The mineralising effect of the ZnO will allow a higher LSF kiln feed to be combined in the kiln. At the same time C3S and C3A content in clinker and cement will be increased offseting the retardation effects of the ZnO.
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Pollution control Question 12
Our government is starting to limit NOx emissions from cement kilns and the regulation, as I heard, was more severe than in the European countries. I think the best way for reducing NOx emission with no further cost is to use fuels that contain the lower nitrogen content, especially coal and residual fuels. Am I correct?
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Re: Pollution control
The NOx emissions arise from two sources: (i) the nitrogen in the fuel as you say, and (ii) "thermal" NOx from the breakdown of atmospheric nitrogen at the high temperatures in the burning zone. Usually the thermal NOx is much higher than the fuel NOx and the best way to reduce NOx emissions is to reduce this thermal NOx. Low NOx burners reduce the temperatures in the flame and produce less NOx by using less primary air. Low NOx calciners burn some of their fuel in a depleted oxygen environment to cause NOx degradation by the following reaction: NO + CO -> 0.5N2 + CO2. These are the best way sto reduce the NOx emissions of the kiln.