caa a22 4500 60617074X CHVBK 20210128100719.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0795-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0795-7 Investigation on multiple benefits of wet ESP for emission control in an Indian coal fired thermal power plant [Elektronische Daten] [Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Prasun Mandal] In this article, the operation of wet electrostatic precipitators (WESP) as air pollution control device in an Indian coal fired thermal power plant has been investigated in respect of its efficacy in removing particulate laden gaseous emissions. The WESP was installed for reducing the particulate matter (PM) emission to meet the Indian stack emission standard of PM. Interestingly, the study reveals that the WESP reduced the SO2 and CO2 emissions potentially. The system, therefore, functions also simultaneously as a CO2 capture system. Since CO2 is a green house gas (GHG), operating a WESP for cleaning flue gas of a coal fired thermal power plant can be considered as a GHG emission mitigation option as well. The level of NOx emission could not be conclusively analyzed perhaps might be due to air dilution of the flue gas. It is finally suggested that the plant operators would like to operate the plant using dilute alkaline reagent replacing the water as the scrubbing medium so as to obtain multiple benefits of cleaning all acidic gases by the WESP followed by better ash management. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Wet ESP nationallicence Particulate matter nationallicence Gas cleaning nationallicence CO2 capture nationallicence GHG mitigation nationallicence SO2 nationallicence NOx nationallicence Bandyopadhyay Amitava Urban Environmental Management Field of Study, School of Environment, Resources & Development, Asian Institute of Technology, 12120, Pathumthani, Thailand aut Mandal Prasun Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, 92, A.P.C. Road, 700 009, Kolkata, India aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/2(2015-02-01), 421-431 1618-954X 17:2<421 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0795-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0795-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bandyopadhyay Amitava Urban Environmental Management Field of Study, School of Environment, Resources & Development, Asian Institute of Technology, 12120, Pathumthani, Thailand aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mandal Prasun Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, 92, A.P.C. Road, 700 009, Kolkata, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/2(2015-02-01), 421-431 1618-954X 17:2<421 2015 17 10098