IAEA final research co-ordination meeting on radiation processing of combustion flue gases. Poland, Zakopane, 24-28 May, 1993. Pts. 1-3

The symposium materials contain 19 articles being the actual review on worldwide development in radiation processing of combustion flue gases. The use of electron beams has to be very profitable in SO2 and NOx removal. The application of electron accelerators in off-gas systems is very advanced now in Japan, Germany and Poland as well as pilot plants have been constructed there. Their technical details, control equipment, working parameters and obtained results have been presented at the symposium. The list of electron accelerators available on the world market, their beams parameters and new constructions designed for flue gas radiation treatment have been presented, too. Technical possibilities of electric discharges application for flue gas processing has been shown as well. Theoretical models of radiation-chemical reactions initiated by electrons, their mechanism and kinetics (also in heterogenous systems) has been proposed and discussed. 9 refs, 21 figs, 1 tab