Method and system for reducing lime consumption in dry flue gas desulfurization systems

1. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems comprising:

forming a slaked lime slurry in a slaker;

removing at least a portion of the slaked lime slurry from the slaker;

adding water to the removed portion of the slaked lime slurry prior to providing the removed portion of the slaked lime slurry to a spray dryer;

atomizing the slaked lime slurry in the spray dryer;

reacting a flue gas stream with the atomized slaked lime slurry in the spray dryer causing sulfur dioxide absorption into droplets forming the atomized slaked lime slurry, and formation of calcium sulfite and calcium sulfate particulate; and

collecting at least a portion of the substantially dry particulates from the spray dryer and flue gas using a filter, prior to being mixed with water and lime in the slaker during a slaking operation so that unreacted lime in the particulates is used in forming said slaked lime slurry.

2. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 1 further comprising:

storing slaked lime slurry from the slaker in a storage tank prior to use in the spray dryer.

3. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 1 , further comprising:

collecting at least a portion of the substantially dry particulates in a storage receptacle.

4. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 3 , further comprising:

combining in a feed tank the particulates from the storage receptacle, water and slaked lime to form a mixture thereof.

5. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 4 , further comprising:

atomizing the mixture in the spray dryer.

6. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 4 , further comprising:

storing at least a portion of the mixture in the feed tank.

7. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the substantially dry particulate is either directly used in the slaker, or is stored in a storage receptacle prior to use in said slaker.

8. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems as defined by claim 7 , wherein said storage receptacle is a silo.

9. A method for reducing lime consumption in DFGD systems, said method comprising:

forming a slaked lime slurry in a slaker;

removing at least a portion of the slaked lime slurry from the slaker and providing the removed portion of the slaked lime slurry to a storage tank;

adding water to the removed portion of the slaked lime slurry prior to providing the removed portion of the slaked lime slurry to a spray dryer;

atomizing the slaked lime slurry in the spray dryer;

reacting a flue gas stream with the atomized slaked lime slurry in the spray dryer thereby causing sulfur dioxide absorption into droplets of the atomized slaked lime slurry, and sulfur dioxide formation of calcium sulfite and calcium sulfate particulates; and

collecting with a filter at least a portion of substantially dry particulates for storage in a storage receptacle prior to mixture with water and lime in the slaker so that unreacted lime in the particulate is used in forming the slaked lime slurry.

10. A system for dry flue gas desulfurization comprising:

a slaker operable with lime and water to form a slaked lime slurry;

a storage tank in fluid communication with the slaker for receiving and storing the slaked lime slurry;

an atomizer in a spray dryer in fluid communication with the storage tank for receiving and atomizing the slaked lime slurry within the spray dryer, the spray dryer also in fluid communication with a gas source from which a flue gas stream flows into the spray dryer;

a filter in fluid communication with the spray dryer for collecting at least a portion of particulates from the flue gas and atomized slurry, the particulates being substantially dry; and

a storage receptacle in fluid communication with both the filter for storage of at least a portion of said filtered particulates, and the slaker in which at least a portion of the filtered particulates is used.