electrostatic precipitator ( esp ) and bag houses are currently the most common technologies for controlling the emission of particulate materials such as fly ash , cement fines , catalyst fines , blast furnace fines , etc . in coal combustion such for generating steam in industrial and utility boilers , the coal ash fines known as fly ash is removed by these devices from the combustion gas commonly known as flue gas before its discharge from the stack . the fly ash removal from the flue gas is governed by regulatory laws and for this reason its efficient and within specified limits is mandatory for a coal fired unit to operate . to meet compliance sometimes the efficiency of the particulate control devices such as esp has to be improved . such improvement in esp efficiencies are obtained by what is known as flue gas conditioning which makes the ash particulates suitable for collection by the esp . one common method of conditioning is by a gas such as sulfur trioxide and / or ammonia . sometimes it is advantageous to use other chemical additives instead of sulfur trioxide , etc . these chemical additives are primarily water borne and consist of various salts , etc . dissolved in water . one such chemical formulation is available from arkay technologies , 609 hancock court , mckees rocks , pa . 15136 , which is also water based consisting of various salts etc ., dissolved in water . when water borne chemicals are used for flue gas conditioning , then it is normally applied as a fine mist which is accomplished by atomizing the formulation with compressed air or steam . unfortunately , the atomized formulation does not completely vaporize in the flue gas duct . this causes interaction of the atomized particles with the fly ash present in the flue gas and causes a very undesirable deposition of ash on the duct walls and other internal structures of the duct . the disclosed invention produces a stream of very fine particles with almost no water in it . it is visualized , although not to be construed as limiting , that the water present in the solution that leaves the injection lance as atomized mist is almost instantly converted to a mixture primarily of steam and particles of formulation in its dry state , the state that was utilized to make the formulation by dissolving it in water in the first place . since there is very little water in the atomized mist / formulation and all the liquid becomes steam the ash deposition potential is considerably removed . it is anticipated that materials that go into a vapor phase at some plausible temperatures and has the properties of being a solvent for certain solutes of import , then such materials can also be gainfully employed . although water is the cheapest vehicle to make formulations for the instant example of flue gas conditioning other solvents or vehicles can also be employed . examples given below illustrate the point . the formulation provided by arkay tech for conditioning flue gas was metered into a special injection lance as described here . the lance was a normal piece of ¼ ″ stainless steel pipe coil fitted with a commercial nozzle designated as pj series nozzle provided by bete fog nozzle inc , 50 greenfield street , greenfield mass . 01302 . however this lance - nozzle assembly was modified by inserting another piece of pipe upstream of the nozzle ( between the nozzle and the lance body ) that contained in it a compression spring and a steel ball . the compression spring which is available from many wire spring suppliers and their distributors was rated for 150 psi . in other words the steel ball that kept the lance opening closed shut by the spring behind it would open only when the internal pressure in the lance pipe reached 150 psi . this type of arrangement where the closed opening is opened when the pressure reaches a certain value is commonly known in the industry as a “ pressure relief valve ( prv )”. the diluted liquid that was metered into the lance came out as a normally atomized intermittent spray ; the spray would stop as soon as the pressure in the lance assembly dropped below 150 psi and would start again as soon as the pressure inside the lance assembly again went over 150 psi . at room temperature the atomized spray comes out as a liquid mist or atomized droplets . this lance assembly was put in hot gas where the gas temperature was around 360 ° f . after keeping the lance in the hot gas for some time the arkay chemical feed ( diluted with water ) was initiated . the lance pressure went up to around 155 - 160 psi momentarily then came back to 150 psi . this cycling between the pressures of 150 and 160 started to take place regularly . the lance - nozzle assembly was operated for several hours with the metering pump pumping the arkay formulation . the addition of the chemical formulation was then terminated and only water was pumped through the lance - nozzle assembly for about a minute . the lance assembly was then removed from the hot gas , cooled and then the parts were disassembled . the lance assembly , the “ prv ” assembly and the nozzle were found free from any dry form of the arkay formulation in them . the pressure inside the lance assembly can also be raised to the desired level , in this case when feeding arkay formulation , by heating the lance assembly by an external means such as heating tape , by passing high temperature steam into an outer jacket of the coiled lance or by direct steam into which the diluted chemical would be injected but by utilizing appropriate check valves , etc . from the above examples it will be obvious to those knowledgeable in the art of atomization that one can use other liquid solvents than water that is capable of going into vapor phase at suitable temperatures and pressures . it will also be obvious that the same can be employed to produce extremely fine size powder by exposing such an atomizing nozzle device into a chamber that is maintained at temperatures and pressures where the solvent goes into a vapor / gas phase .