title: Numerical simulation and field test study of desulfurization wastewater evaporation treatment through flue gas.
abstract: Aimed at cost saving and pollution reduction, a novel desulfurization wastewater evaporation treatment system (DWETS) for handling wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) wastewater of a coal-fired power plant was studied. The system's advantages include simple process, and less investment and space. The feasibility of this system has been proven and the appropriate position and number of nozzles, the spray droplet size and flue gas temperature limitation have been obtained by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. The simulation results show that a longer duct, smaller diameter and higher flue gas temperature could help to increase the evaporation rate. The optimal DWETS design of Shangdu plant is 100 μm droplet sprayed by two nozzles located at the long duct when the flue gas temperature is 130 °C. Field tests were carried out based on the simulation results. The effects of running DWETS on the downstream devices have been studied. The results show that DWETS has a positive impact on ash removal efficiency and does not have any negative impact on the electrostatic precipitator (ESP), flue gas heat exchanger and WFGD. The pH values of the slurry of WFGD slightly increase when the DWETS is running. The simulation and field test of the DWETS show that it is a feasible future technology for desulfurization wastewater treatment.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China E-mail: cneng@cqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jia-Jia
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China E-mail: cneng@cqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Liang-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China E-mail: cneng@cqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: De-Qi
authors.initials: DQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Shuke Technology Co. Ltd, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Shuke Technology Co. Ltd, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Mu
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China E-mail: cneng@cqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Low-grade Energy Utilization Technologies and Systems, School of Power Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China E-mail: cneng@cqu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Mei-Qiang
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Kang