Rubber linings have been applied as a corrosion protection measure for steel surfaces, particularly in the absorbers, in the flue gas desulphurization plants of a large number of power stations in Europe and have decidedly proven their effectiveness. The rubber linings applied consist of either precured and/or cold-curing rubber sheets. In the course of the past five to seven years, the eastern European states have also begun retro-fitting their existing power stations with flue gas desulphurization plants. As the first of its kind, a scrubber in the flue gas desulphurization plant of the Konin Power Station in Poland, which operates on the basis of the limestone-gypsum process, was constructed of concrete. In this case also, the corrosion protection measures implemented consisted in the application of a precured rubber lining on the basis of butyl rubber. A surface area measuring 1500m2 of the concrete absorber was protected by means of this corrosion
protection system. Key words: Power station, flue gas cleaning, flue gas desulphurization, flue gas scrubbers, limestone-gypsum process, concrete, corrosion protection, rubber lining, vulcanization, precured rubber sheets, butyl rubber