Catalytic fabric filtration for simultaneous NO{sub x} and particulate control. Final report

The overall objective of the project proposed was to evaluate the catalyst-coated fabric filter concept for effective control of NO{sub 2} and particulate emissions simultaneously. General goals included demonstrating high removal efficiency of NO{sub x} and particulate matter, acceptable bag and catalyst life, and that process economics show a significant cost savings in comparison to a commercial SCR process and conventional particulate control. Specific goals included the following: reduce NO{sub x} emissions to 60 ppM or less; demonstrate particulate removal efficiency of >99.5%; demonstrate a bag/catalyst life of >1 year; Control ammonia slip to <25 ppM; show that catalytic fabric filtration can achieve a 50% cost savings over conventional fabric filtration and SCR control technology; determine compatibility with S0{sub 2} removal systems; and show that the concept results in a nonhazardous waste product

The Majorana Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment

The proposed Majorana double-beta decay experiment is based on an array of segmented intrinsic Ge detectors with a total mass of 500 kg of Ge isotopically enriched to 86% in 76Ge. A discussion is given of background reduction by: material selection, detector segmentation, pulse shape analysis, and electro-formation of copper parts and granularity. Predictions of the experimental sensitivity are given. For an experimental running time of 10 years over the construction and operation of Majorana, a half-life sensitivity of ~4x10^27 y (neutrinoless) is predicted. This corresponds to an effective Majorana mass of the electron neutrino of ~0.03-0.04 eV, according to recent QRPA and RQRPA matrix element calculations.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figure

From marine bands to hybrid flows: sedimentology of a Mississippian black shale

Organic‐rich mudstones have long been of interest as conventional and unconventional source rocks and are an important organic carbon sink. Yet the processes that deposited organic‐rich muds in epicontinental seaways are poorly understood, partly because few modern analogues exist. This study investigates the processes that transported and deposited sediment and organic matter through part of the Bowland Shale Formation, from the Mississippian Rheic–Tethys seaway. Field to micron‐scale sedimentological analysis reveals a heterogeneous succession of carbonate‐rich, siliceous, and siliciclastic, argillaceous muds. Deposition of these facies at basinal and slope locations was moderated by progradation of the nearby Pendle delta system, fourth‐order eustatic sea‐level fluctuation and localized block and basin tectonism. Marine transgressions deposited bioclastic ‘marine band’ (hemi)pelagic packages. These include abundant euhaline macrofaunal tests, and phosphatic concretions of organic matter and radiolarian tests interpreted as faecal pellets sourced from a productive water column. Lens‐rich (lenticular) mudstones, hybrid, debrite and turbidite beds successively overlie marine band packages and suggest reducing basin accommodation promoted sediment deposition via laminar and hybrid flows sourced from the basin margins. Mud lenses in lenticular mudstones lack organic linings and bioclasts and are equant in early‐cemented lenses and in plan‐view, and are largest and most abundant in mudstones overlying marine band packages. Thus, lenses likely represent partially consolidated mud clasts that were scoured and transported in bedload from the shelf or proximal slope, as a ‘shelf to basin’ conveyor, during periods of reduced basin accommodation. Candidate in situ microbial mats in strongly lenticular mudstones, and as rip‐up fragments in the down‐dip hybrid beds, suggest that these were potentially key biostabilizers of mud. Deltaic mud export was fast, despite the intrabasinal complexity, likely an order of magnitude higher than similar successions deposited in North America. Epicontinental basins remotely linked to delta systems were therefore capable of rapidly accumulating both sediment and organic matter

Catalytic fabric filtration for simultaneous NO sub x and particulate control

The overall objective of this project is the development of a catalytic fabric filter for simultaneous NO{sub x} and particulate control. The catalytic fabric filter must provide high removal efficiency of NO{sub x} and particulate matter. An acceptable bag and catalyst life must be demonstrated, and process economics must show a significant cost savings when compared to a commercial SCR process and conventional particulate control. Specific goals include the following: (1) Reduce NO{sub x} emissions to 60 ppm or less. (2) Demonstrate particulate removal efficiency of >99.5%. (3) Demonstrate a bag/catalyst life of >1 year. (4) Control ammonia slip to >25 ppm. (5) Show that catalytic fabric filtration can achieve a 50% cost savings over conventional fabric filtration and SCR control technology. (6) Determine compatibility with SO{sub 2} removal systems. (7) Show that the concept results in a nonhazardous waste product

Catalytic fabric filtration for simultaneous NO[sub x] and particulate control

The overall objective of this project is the development of a catalyst-coated fabric filter for simultaneous NO[sub x] and particulate control. The catalyst-coated fabric filter must provide high removal efficiency of NO[sub x] and particulate matter. An acceptable bag and catalyst life must be demonstrated, and process economics must show a significant cost savings when compared to a commercial SCR process and conventional particulate control. Specific goals include the following: Reduce NO[sub x] emissions to 60 ppM or less; demonstrate particulate removal efficiency of > 99.5%; demonstrate a bag/catalyst life of > 1 year; control ammonia slip to <25 ppM; show that catalytic fabric filtration can achieve a 50% cost savings over conventional fabric filtration and SCR control technology; determine compatibility with SO[sub 2] removal systems; and show that the concept results in a nonhazardous waste product. Specific project activities during the past quarter were to include the following: Fundamental Testing; process Testing/Reverse-Gas System; process Testing/Pulse-Jet System; and Fabric Durability Testing/Pulse-Jet System

Catalytic fabric filtration for simultaneous NO sub x and particulate control. [Catalyst mounted on glass cloth filter material]

The objective of this program is to develop advanced concepts for the removal of NO{sub x} from flue gas emitted by coal-fired utility boilers, or for the control of NO{sub x} formation by advanced combustion modification techniques. Funded projects are required to focus on the development of technology that significantly advances the state of the art using a process or a combination of processes capable of reducing NO{sub x} emissions to 60 ppm or less. The concept must have successfully undergone sufficient laboratory-scale development to justify scaleup for further evaluation at the pilot scale (not to exceed 5 MWe in size). The EERC approach to meeting the program objective involves the development of a catalytic fabric filter for simultaneous NO{sub x} and particulate control. The idea of applying either permanent or throwaway catalysts to a high-temperature fabric filter for NO{sub x} control is not new. However, advances at OCF have shown that a high-activity catalyst can be applied to a high-temperature woven glass cloth resulting in a fabric filter material that can operate at temperatures higher than the maximum operating temperatures of commercially available, coated glass fabric. The NO{sub x} is removed by catalytic reduction with ammonia to form nitrogen and water. The catalyst employed at this time is vanadium/titanium, but the exact catalyst composition and the unique method of applying the catalyst to high-temperature glass fabric are the property of OCF. Other catalyst options are being evaluated by OCF in order to improve catalyst performance and minimize catalyst cost

Catalytic fabric filtration for simultaneous NO{sub x} and particulate control. Final report

The overall objective of the project proposed was to evaluate the catalyst-coated fabric filter concept for effective control of NO{sub 2} and particulate emissions simultaneously. General goals included demonstrating high removal efficiency of NO{sub x} and particulate matter, acceptable bag and catalyst life, and that process economics show a significant cost savings in comparison to a commercial SCR process and conventional particulate control. Specific goals included the following: reduce NO{sub x} emissions to 60 ppM or less; demonstrate particulate removal efficiency of >99.5%; demonstrate a bag/catalyst life of >1 year; Control ammonia slip to <25 ppM; show that catalytic fabric filtration can achieve a 50% cost savings over conventional fabric filtration and SCR control technology; determine compatibility with S0{sub 2} removal systems; and show that the concept results in a nonhazardous waste product