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Sulphur Dew Point in Flue Gas Calculations Cells requiring input

Ref: Industrial Boilers by Ganapathy


(Ref : Solved example 6.18b and 6.25b )
Solved Design
Parameter Unit Example Case
Fuel Coal Mixed Fuel
HHV kcal/kg 6096 3800
Btu/lb 11000 6857
S in fuel S % 1.5 0.22
Mol wt of SO2 lb/Mol 64 64
SO2 e lb/MM Btu 2.73 0.64
Mol of SO2 Moles/MM BTU 0.043 0.010
Excess Air % 25 250
Fuel required lb/MM Btu 90.9 145.8
Stoicheometric Dry Air lb/MM Btu 760
Excess Dry Air lb/MM Btu 950
lb/lb coal 10.45
Humidity % 80
Moisture in wet air lb/lb dry air 0.018
Wet Combustion Air required lb/lb coal 10.6381 26.86
lb/MM Btu 967.1 3917.0
Flue Gas Generated lb/MM Btu 1058.0 4062.8
lb/lb coal 11.64 27.86
(Dry Air basis) lb/MM Btu 1040.9 145.8
Mol Wt of Flue Gas lb/Mol 30 29.0
Mol of Flue Gas Moles/MM BTU 34.70 140.10
SO2 in Flue Gas ppm 1228.166 71.6
SO2 to SO3 conversion % 5 1
SO2 e lb/MM Btu 0.136364 0.006
Mol Wt of SO3 lb/Mol 80 80
Mol of SO2 Moles/MM BTU 0.0017 0.0001
SO3 in flue gas ppm 49.1 1

Partial Pressure of H2O atm 0.045384


G S Deshpande:
(From combustion analysis) mm Hg 35.3 Partial pressure is same as
Partial Pressure of SO3 atm 1.83E-04 volume %
(From combustion analysis) mm Hg 0.1424
1000/Tdp 2.30
Tdp Deg K 435.7
Sulphur Dew Point Deg C 163

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