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Investigation on removal effects and condensation characteristics of condensable particulate matter: Field test and experimental study

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 783, Issue -, Pages -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146985

Keywords

Condensable particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sulfuric acid mist; Condensation characteristics

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  1. National Engineering Laboratory of Coal-fired Pollutants Emission Reduction (Shandong University)
  2. State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization (Zhejiang University)
  3. National Key Research & Development Program of China [2020YFC1910000]

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This study investigated the removal effects of wet flue gas desulfurization on condensable particulate matter components and found that organic components with high boiling points and low volatility are easily removed, and sulfuric acid mist is the main source of SO42- in CPM.
Condensable particulate matter (CPM) has become the main part of the total primary PM emitted from stationary sources and has aroused increasing concern. In this work, the removal effects of wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) on CPM components were studied. A new CPM-containing flue gas system was designed and used to investigate the condensation characteristics of 16 PAHs, sulfuric add mist and SO2 conversion into CPM. Some interesting results were obtained and include the following: ( i) The removal efficiencies of WFGD on both CPM inorganic and organic fraction reached 81.0% and 673%. respectively. (ii) The removal efficiency data obtained for C-21-C-29 and 5-ring PAHs revealed that organic components with high boiling points and low volatility in CPM are easily removed by WFGD. Condensation experimental results indicated that the condensation ratios of PAHs generally increased with the number of fused benzene rings, while the increase of flue gas moisture content might inhibit the conversion of PAHs into CPM. (iii) The concentrations of SO42-, Ca, and Na accounted for 48.7% of CPM inorganic fraction after desulfurization. while Ca was barely removed by WFGD. Condensation experiments indicated that most SO42- in CPM arose from sulfuric acid mist, rather than from sulfate aerosols. Note that only <20% of the sulfuric add mist belonged to the CPM category, which might help to develop specialized deep purification strategy for SO3. In addition, SO2 could cause a high positive bias for the CPM field test although its condensation ratio was only 2.7%. This work provides a basic reference for subsequent CPM formation and reduction researches. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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