air pollution control equipment Articles
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Maintenance solutions for air pollution control equipment
Manufacturing facilities are constantly under pressure to meet production forecasts at the lowest possible cost. These two goals; production output and cost control, can be difficult to obtain consistently in any manufacturing operation. Additional frustration to meet these goals can be exaggerated in today’s lean manufacturing climates that have trimmed budgets and reduced workforce. ...
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Odor Elimination: Rendering - Case Study
Summary In the Rendering Industry, odor control equipment has been in use since the early 1970’s about the same time Anguil was formed and started serving clients with the best available air pollution control equipment. Typical early applications of air pollution control equipment in rendering consisted of a direct fired afterburner for destruction of the organic emissions (odor, ammonia, ...
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Fight Covid-19 with Symbiosis Air Pollution Control Equipments
Among the manifold health risks of increasing air pollution; one of the most emerging one is the risk of contracting COVID-19. People living and working in high-pollution areas are more likely to have compromised respiratory, cardiac and other systems; and are therefore more vulnerable to COVID-19’s impacts. As particulate matter has the potential to act as carriers for contagion leading to ...
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Silicone converter succeeds with custom air pollution control equipment - Case study
Many industries utilize silicone as an ingredient in their manufactured product. Silicone enhances the attributes of the product or helps to improve production characteristics. Whatever the reason may be, users of solvent borne silicone's all face very troubling issues when it comes to the selection of the right air pollution control system. Among the air pollution control choices available to ...
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Innovative Dryer and Emission Control System at a Particleboard Installation
In 1989, Bohemia Corporation installed a new primary drying system and also air pollution control equipment at their particleboard plant in Eugene, Oregon. The drying system was composed of a Westec America triple-pass rotary drum dryer fired by a Coen sanderdust burner. The primary and secondary particulate collectors installed were also of a Westec America design. The tertiary air pollution ...
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Fume Scrubber for Grain Etch, Metal Finishing, and Other Operations Generating Fumes and Gases
World's Largest Investment Casting Company Selects Tri-Mer for Air Pollution Control. Tri-Mer engineered and built air pollution control equipment for Alcoa Howmet's grain etch facility, which houses two process lines. Contaminants include hydrochloric acid, ferric chloride and phosphoric acid. The phosphoric acid line includes a Tri-Mer Vertical Flow (V-F) Scrubber, and 6-stage tank line. The ...
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How to Obtain an Air Pollution Construction Permit Infographic
Today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is more aggressively pursuing enforcement actions against industrial sources than ever before. This is a result of EPA desire to generate revenue, as well as reflecting the desires of current leadership. In this regulatory climate, it’s increasingly important for emission unit operators to understand enforcement risks and liabilities. ...
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Controlling Hazardous Air Emissions With A Catalytic Oxidizer
As the full effect of the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments continue to impact today’s industry, many companies will be required to install new or additional air pollution control equipment. With well over twenty years of proven success, catalytic oxidation is a popular method for controlling volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions.During the past 25 years, industry has made progress in ...
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Achieving Air Pollution Control With Catalytic Or Thermal Oxidizers
As the full effect of the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments passed by Congress in 1990 continue to impact today's industry, many manufacturing operations have become subject to stricter local, State and Federal clean air regulations. Both VOC (volatile organic compound) and HAP (hazardous air pollutant) emissions are strictly regulated since they lead to the formation of ground level ozone ...
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What`s the Best Air Pollution Control Technology for My Process?
Air pollution control equipment is not something that business owners address by saying, “Let’s do the right thing for the environment and install an oxidizer!” In fact, the scenario is more likely to be “We need to increase productivity (always a good thing!), but that will put us over our annual emissions limits. Do we know what we will need? Where do we start? Who can ...
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Boiler mact compliance at Boise Wallula case study
Lundberg Helped Boise Wallula Reduce Emissions with a Geoenergy E-Tube WET ESP A major pulp and paper supplier in the northwest was in need of a cost effective solution to reduce their particulate emissions from a biomass fired boiler. Lundberg provided a Geoenergy Wet ESP to meet their needs. The result was a ten fold decrease in particulate emissions and they now meet current Boiler MACT ...
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Catalytic Oxidizers
As the full effect of the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments continue to impact today’s industry, many different companies will be required to install air pollution control equipment. With more than twenty-five years of proven success, catalytic oxidation continues to be a popular method for controlling volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. According to the Clean Air Act, any organic ...
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Expert Installation Services Soar to New Heights
Along with providing equipment to solve customer’s complex VOC, NOx, and Odor pollution challenges, we also provide installation services. I was on site for the recent “lift” of a new QUADRANT SR-35,000 Thermal Oxidizer (TO). Capital equipment, like a Thermal Oxidizer, is designed to operate for many years; however wear and tear eventually may require the equipment to be ...
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Case study - Converter finds affordable compliance solution
Overview It’s not just about increasing production for Fredman Bag’s president, Tim Fredman Jr., it’s also about being a environmentally conscious neighbor. A converter’s decision to expand their capacity is often made more complicated by a corresponding need to invest in air pollution control equipment. Recent expansions had Fredman Bag making major investments in their ...
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Achieving Air Pollution Control with Catalytic or Thermal Oxidizers
As the full effect of 1990’s Federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments continue to impact today’s industry, many manufacturing operations have become subject to stricter local, state and federal clean air regulations. Both VOC (volatile organic compound) and HAP (hazardous air pollutant) emissions are strictly regulated since they lead to the formation of ground-level ozone (or smog). The CAA ...
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Filter technology to meet evolving regulations
Maguin has developed the Cercat filter for high temperature air pollution control. In this article, David Gambier and Hélène Real outline the technology, as well as installations planned for 2009. Maguin has been present in the waste thermal treatment field since the 1970s. The company’s knowledge has been built through the turnkey supply of thermal treatment units for different kinds of products ...
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Catalytic products international replaces RTO with a VECTOR Catalytic Oxidizer - Case study
A chemical processing facility recently installed a VECTOR Catalytic Oxidizer to replace a competitors Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer. The RTO was installed 5 years earlier and could not provide the reliability demanded by the client. The problem stemmed from a basic mis-application of the technology. As is very common, many air pollution control equipment manufactures have abandoned recuperative ...
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Creating Air Pollution Control Solutions for Carbon Neutral Graphite Mining - Case Study
The Challenge The markets for lithium-ion batteries, electric vehicles, and fuel cells are increasing exponentially, meaning the demand for graphite is higher than ever before. Lithium-ion batteries consist of four components: electrolyte, separator, cathode, and anode. Every component is essential to the battery, meaning it cannot function without one. Graphite is the single largest mineral ...
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Why you should get proactive with oxidizer maintenance this spring
Spring has sprung; the sun is shining longer, flowers and trees are blooming, and the snow is gone (well, in most parts anyway). Plans are being made for summer vacations, graduations, weddings, and oxidizer maintenance. Your company has invested a lot of money into its air pollution control system. Your team was trained on how to perform the recommended maintenance as called out in the ...
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Identifying Your Ideal Air Pollution Control Technology, Scenario 1
In our previous blog, "What's the Best Air Pollution Control Technology for My Process?", we reviewed the many factors that impact the choice of air pollution control equipment. In situations where a facility is considering their air pollution control needs, it is important for the plant's engineering staff to discuss the application data with potential suppliers. Application data are the details ...
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