Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Treatment Brochure

One of the most commonly used FGD technologies for scrubbing pollutants from power plant gas emissions is a limestone forced oxidation (LSFO) scrubber system. In this process, many pollutants end up in the circulating water in the scrubber. To maintain appropriate operating conditions, a constant purge stream is discharged from the scrubber system, and the purge stream contains contaminants from coal, limestone, and make-up water. The purge is acidic and supersaturated with gypsum, with high concentrations of TDS, TSS, heavy metals, chlorides and occasionally, dissolved organic compounds.