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• Flue gas desulfurization — (FGD) is the technology used for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust flue gases in power plants that burn coal or oil to produce steam for the steam turbines that drive their electricity generators. Sulfur dioxide is responsible for… …   Wikipedia

• Flue gas — is gas that exits to the atmosphere via a flue, which is a pipe or channel for conveying exhaust gases from a fireplace, oven, furnace, boiler or steam generator. Quite often, it refers to the combustion exhaust gas produced at power plants. Its… …   Wikipedia

• Flue-gas desulfurization unit — (scrubber)   Equipment used to remove sulfur oxides from the combustion gases of a boiler plant before discharge to the atmosphere. Chemicals such as lime are used as the scrubbing media.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration… …   Energy terms

• Scrubber — This article is about the pollution control device, for other uses, see scrubber (disambiguation).Scrubber systems are a diverse group of air pollution control devices that can be used to remove some particulates and/or gases from industrial… …   Wikipedia

• Wet scrubber — is a form of pollution control technology. The term describes a variety of devices that use pollutants from a furnace flue gas or from other gas streams. In a wet scrubber, the polluted gas stream is brought into contact with the scrubbing liquid …   Wikipedia

• Inert gas — Inert gases is also used in a narrower sense for noble gases. An inert gas is any gas that is not reactive with elements.Like the noble gases an inert gas is not necessarily elemental and are often molecular gases. Like the noble gases the… …   Wikipedia

• Venturi scrubber — A venturi scrubber is designed to effectively use the energy from the inlet gas stream to atomize the liquid being used to scrub the gas stream. This type of technology is a part of the group of air pollution controls collectively referred to as… …   Wikipedia

• Ejector venturi scrubber — This type of technology is a part of the group of air pollution controls collectively referred to as wet scrubbers.An ejector or venturi scrubber is an industrial pollution control device, usually installed on the exhaust flue gas stacks of large …   Wikipedia

• Liquid-to-gas ratio — An important parameter in wet scrubbing systems is the rate of liquid flow. It is common in wet scrubber terminology to express the liquid flow as a function of the gas flow rate that is being treated. This is commonly called the liquid to gas… …   Wikipedia

• Coal gas — Towngas redirects here. For the company in Hong Kong trading as Towngas , see The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited. See also: Coal gasification and Coal seam gas Coal gas (also town gas and illumination gas) is a flammable gaseous… …   Wikipedia

• environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction       infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …   Universalium