Gas Scrubbers Articles

Is the fuel oil market ready for tighter carbon and sulphur emissions rules on shipping? Tighter emissions regulations are set to cause a revolution in the shipping fuel market over the next few years, with plans now in place for carbon emissions cuts and tougher regulations on sulphur emissions increasingly likely to come into force in 2020. A compromise agreement reached by ...

Apr. 20, 2018

By Petroleum Economist Ltd

The Middle East is challenging its rise in drug trafficking through regional cooperation which means there will be an abundance of drugs that need to be suitably discarded of. Client overview To combat the drug trafficking problem in its country, the Saudi Arabian Government advertised a tender to find the best solution to the problem. The tender advertised by the Government ...

Mar. 27, 2018

By Addfield Environmental Systems Ltd.

Client overview A company acting on behalf of the Saudi Arabian government advertised a tender for four incinerators that would be suitable for the incineration of drugs. Background Drug trafficking is a growing problem in the Middle East and those being used as traffickers often cross country borders by car since it has a lower cost than going by ...

Mar. 27, 2018

By Addfield Environmental Systems Ltd.

Perfect solutions from Siemens Process Analytics Ethylene Oxide (EO) Ethylene oxide, C2H4O, under normal conditions, is a colorless, flammable gas. It is very toxic and carcinogen. Industrial production started in 1925 using the chlorohydrin process and was improved in 1931 by introducing the much more economic direct catalytic oxidation method. Currently, ...

Sep. 21, 2017

By Siemens Industry, Inc. - Process Analytics

Pharmaceutical – Vacaville, CA A Pharmaceutical manufacturer replaces their pollution control with the help of Alliance Corporation. Application:  Pharmaceutical – Vacaville, CA Project: A 15,000 SCFM TRITON™ Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer constructed of AL-6XN®. Alliance handled controls for downstream acid gas scrubber ...

Jul. 3, 2017

By Alliance Corporation

An Aerosol Manufacturer's Pollution Control System in Marietta, GA An Aerosol Manufacturer replaces pollution control with the help of Alliance Corporation. Application: Aerosol – Marietta, GA Project: A 12,000 SCFM KRONUS Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer. Alliance handled controls for downstream scrubber and associated peripherals. ...

Jul. 3, 2017

By Alliance Corporation

A Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Updates Pollution Control System in Huntsville, AL A Pharmaceutical manufacturer adds pollution control with the help of Alliance Corporation. Application: Pharmaceutical – Huntsville, AL Project: A 10,000 SCFM KRONUS Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer constructed of AL-6XN®. Alliance handled controls for ...

Jul. 3, 2017

By Alliance Corporation

Ship's Waste Incinerator This installation is Glosfume's first filter to be used at sea. Stringent laws prevent ships from dumping waste at sea, all waste has to be returned to its point of origin. The Royal Navy is one of the first to install an incinerator and filter onboard a ship. Extensive testing was carried out before fitting the unit to HMS Ocean; installation involved cutting a ...

May 26, 2017

By Glosfume

Over Thirty Month Scheme (OTMS) 'Boxed Beef' incinerator. This installation involved replacement of a 3-metre ceramic element filter that suffered constant element breakages and inadequate SO2 removal due to a poorly designed filter and powder injection system. The client appointed W.S. Atkins to source a filter which had high efficiency particulate removal and effective dry ...

May 26, 2017

By Glosfume

Background For decades, Advanced Air Technologies, Inc. has been the leader in air scrubber  technology for abatement of Ethylene Oxide (EtO) emissions.   In fact, AAT, Inc. was founded in 1987 on a unique dry scrubbing, chemi-sorption process for EtO.  The result is a series of fixed bed “Safe-Cell II” dry scrubbers, consisting of the DR-490, DR-50, and ...

May 1, 2017

By Advanced Air Technologies, Inc.

Manure represents an exquisite mining opportunity for nutrient recovery (nitrogen and phosphorus), and for their reuse as renewable fertilisers. The ManureEcoMine proposes an integrated approach of technologies, operated in a pilot-scale installation treating swine manure (83.7%) and Ecofrit® (16.3%), a mix of vegetable residues. Thermophilic anaerobic digestion was performed for 150 days, the ...

Dec. 9, 2016

By IWA Publishing

The boiler for Jämtlands Värme in Stromsund was built in 1987.  The old flue gas condenser, from another supplier, began leaking and needed to be replaced. Boiler: 10 MW Fuel: Bio fuels Condensor effect: 2 MW The boiler in Strömsund was built in 1987 and in 1994 it was equipped with a flue gas ...

Nov. 10, 2016

By Envibat AB

Challenge For the production of coke, volatile constituents of the coal —including water, coal-gas, and coal-tar— are driven off by baking in an airless furnace at temperatures as high as 2.000 °C. The flue gas goes through an ammonia-based scrubbing process. The resulting scrubber water contain small coal-tar and other organic particles (1-250 micron) that cause scaling in ...

Aug. 16, 2016

By akvola Technologies

Operating Issue A food-industry leader in Alabama operates several pork-sausage cookers that exhaust over 4,000 ACFM of moisture and pork grease. The operator installed Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs) to treat the exhaust but these systems performed poorly and generated high maintenance and operating costs. Additionally, these systems were antiquated and required significant capital ...

Jun. 16, 2016

By Pollution Systems

Gas cleaning New and strict pollution regulations in metallurgical plants worldwide are restricting particulate and acid gas emissions to extremely low levels. Because of that, sulphuric acid plants are being installed to remove and utilise S02 in gases resulting from the roasting of sulphide ores, smelting of ores, and burning or regeneration of spent acid or acid sludge from ...

Apr. 11, 2016

By Beltran Technologies, Inc.

Compliance with the increasingly stringent air pollution regulations of recent years is not the only reason forwardthinking industry leaders are adopting more sophisticated gas cleaning and air pollution control strategies. The desire to achieve higher performance efficiencies, control costs in a competitive marketplace, and stay ahead of the regulatory compliance curve is another driver of ...

Apr. 11, 2016

By Beltran Technologies, Inc.

Nowadays, many industries are facing formidable environmental challenges and there is a growing need for effective, economical gas cleaning and air pollution control equipment. Michael Beltran of Beltran Technologies, Inc. reports on a renewed interest in high-efficiency wet electrostatic precipitators (WESPs) and discusses their importance for controlling sulphuric acid mists and other ...

Apr. 11, 2016

By Beltran Technologies, Inc.

OVERVIEW Many chemical and petroleum companies use batch reactors to make their products.  These reactors typically have vents which are opened and closed during emptying, filling, mixing, heating or cooling and other steps of the production process.  The gases coming from these vents must be controlled under most government regulations.  Generally speaking, the ...

Mar. 11, 2016

By Anguil Environmental Systems, Inc.

The Great Northern Paper Co.’s mill in Millinocket, Maine, produces about 500,000 tpy of paper for telephone directories, magazines, almanacs, business forms, catalogs, and school workbooks. Pulp is produced in the form of chips, using the sulfite chemical process. The chips are cooked in a magnesium bisulfite solution in batch digesters at specific temperatures and pressure. When the ...

Feb. 16, 2016

By CR Clean Air Group, LLC

Although Indiana’s environmental protection agency has not yet added hydrochloric acid (HCl) standards to its Title 5 regulation of emissions sources, Allomatic Products Co., Sullivan, IN, was determined to erase HCI vapors from its plant discharge. In the mixed industrial/ residential neighborhood where its manufacturing plant is located, Allomatic wanted to be known as a good neighbor. ...

Feb. 16, 2016

By CR Clean Air Group, LLC