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The search for clean coal

Many countries and companies are pursuing with vigour the concept of ‘clean coal’, where toxic emissions of are reduced by over 90% and sulphur and greenhouse gas emissions are rendered virtually non-existent. Research is underway in Europe, North America and Asia on how to make use of the world’s most abundant fossil fuel in ways that are environmentally and socially more ...

May 15, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

New incineration-waste clean-up method brings resource and carbon benefits

Ash from waste incineration can be made safer simply by mixing it with rice husks, water and other forms of waste ash at temperatures under 100 °C, according to new research. Once dried, the end product not only locks away toxic metals lead and zinc, but also stores carbon. Furthermore, it can be used in the polymer industry to lower costs, improve polymer properties and reduce the use of ...

Jul. 30, 2014

By European Commission, Environment DG

New study shows how EPA clean air rules boost the economy and create jobs

A new study details the positive impacts on the economy and job creation resulting from companies’ investments in emission control technology in response to new air pollution rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The report, New Jobs – Cleaner Air Part II: An Investment in American ...

Nov. 17, 2011

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Hot gas filtration questions replace regulations as the most important air pollution control subjects

Regulations are normally the most important factors changing the world’s air pollution control decisions. However, advances in the ability to treat hot gases make technology questions the most important subjects for air pollution control purchasers in China, the U.S. and the rest of the world. The regulations leave no doubt that existing precipitators on coal-fired boilers, kilns and ...

Jul. 22, 2015

By The McIlvaine Company

Nederman receives order in China with an order value of SEK 26 million

Nederman China has received an order for a boiler flue gas cleaning project. The customer is building district heating in China using environmentally friendly coal fired power plant technology. The order value is SEK 26 million. The solution will provide an efficient low emission two-stage system with dust filtration and dry scrubbing for additional emission elimination. Nederman ...

Oct. 19, 2015

By Nederman

Most Coal Plants Have Emissions Controls Needed to Meet Mercury Limits, EIA Reports

Seventy percent of coal-fired power plants have the necessary pollution control equipment to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency mercury and air toxics standards, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Another 6 percent are planning to install pollution controls, and 8 percent are planning to close rather than invest in the expensive equipment, the EIA said in a ...

Apr. 1, 2014

By Bloomberg BNA

Electrostatic precipitator systems solve air pollution control problems for a wide variety of industries

McGill AirClean has more than 40 years of experience solving air pollution control problems for a wide variety of industrial processes including boilers, furnaces, dryers, ovens, etc. The company has the knowledge and experience to properly select the correct materials of construction to meet the particular demands of an application, greatly extending the operation life of its electrostatic ...

Jan. 21, 2008

By McGill AirClean LLC

Takreer and Intecsa Industrial Trust Tecam Group Environmental Technology for First Project Worldwide for NORM Waste Incineration

Environmental technology supplier Tecam Group has been awarded the first project worldwide for NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) waste incineration. The project has been commissioned by Oil & Gas company Takreer (ADNOC) and subcontracted by EPC Intecsa Industrial. Under the terms of the agreement, Tecam Group will supply Intecsa Industrial with the engineering and ...

May 12, 2015

By Tecam Group

Great River Energy Passes 10 Year Bag Life Milestone at Elk River Plant

Great River Energy (GRE) in ELK River, MN operates a 1000 tons per day refuse-derived fuel fired waste-to-energy facility. The plant produces approximately 32 Megawatts (gross) from three boiler units with traveling stoker grates. In November of 1996, they installed 2,592 GORE® Filter Bags with acid-resistant fiberglass backers and expanded PTFE membrane in their baghouse. Over ten years later, ...

Feb. 7, 2007

By W. L. Gore & Associates

$168 Billion FGD Market In Next 15 Years

The market for systems to remove SO2 from power plants is booming. But the big news is that the good times will continue. In the latest forecast in the online, FGD World Markets, the McIlvaine Company predicts that power plants will spend $168 billion for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in the period 2005-2020. The validity of this estimate is critical to the manufacturers of steel ...

May 31, 2006

By The McIlvaine Company

IFAT 2010: We manage and control it - ProMinent and ProMaqua at IFAT 2010, Munich (Germany)

Heidelberg, June 2010. The ProMinent Group, a global supplier of water treatment solutions, is exhibiting at this year’s IFAT. The slogan "We manage and control it" illustrates that ProMinent develops and manufactures more than "just" metering pumps. At IFAT in Munich from 13 – 17 September 2010, the Heidelberg-based company will be presenting solutions for filtering, ...

Aug. 27, 2010

By ProMinent Group - ProMinent GmbH

DESMI Pumps More Than a Match for Power Plant Residues

Powering forward The world is gradually moving away from traditional energy production such as coal and gas and, as a result of the drive towards sustainability in recent years, waste-to-energy and biomass power plants have become a popular production method. Like their fossil-fuel colleagues, however, these plants must remove or ‘scrub’ potentially hazardous pollutants from ...

Mar. 7, 2017

By DESMI A/S

Eldorado Brasil achieves further production world record and sets global environmental benchmarks

After having achieved world record pulp production of 5,156 tons per day at the end of March 2014, the Eldorado Brasil pulp mill in Três Lagoas, Brazil, again set a new world record with ANDRITZ technologies in August 2014. On August 30, Eldorado Brasil produced 5,300 tons of pulp within a single day. This means a specific drying capacity in the range of 400 tons per day and per meter of ...

Oct. 6, 2014

By ANDRITZ Separation - a division of the Andritz Group

Supply of 6 odour control systems for Scotland

ERG has recently been awarded the contracts to design, supply and install 6 odour control systems in Scotland. All are supplied by ERG as part of their odour control framework agreement with Scottish Water. Totalling £850k, the contracts are through Galliford-Morgan Joint Venture (GMJV) in western Scotland, for sites in Annan and Glasgow (Laighpark, Paisley and Shieldhall). All were awarded ...

Apr. 2, 2008

By ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd

Planning application submitted for English energy from waste facility

A planning application for a new renewable energy facility in Merseyside at Knowsley Business Park has been submitted to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council. Plans for the facility, which would be a centre of international excellence for waste management, can be viewed at the council offices. A copy of the non-technical summary is available online at ...

Jul. 15, 2008

By ENER-G

GE technology selected to lower emissions and rebuild electrostatic precipitator at Enel Maritza East 3 in Bulgaria

GE (NYSE: GE) was recently awarded a contract by Enel SpA to complete phase 6 of an 8-phase project at Enel Maritza East 3 (EME3) Thermal Power Plant in Bulgaria. During this phase, GE will convert two electrostatic precipitators (ESP) from tumbling hammer to GE’s advanced top rap technology, helping to increase reliability of the unit, lower maintenance costs and achieve lower emissions. GE ...

Feb. 9, 2010

By General Electric

CB&I Announces Award Of Execution Phase Of Air Quality Control Program

CB&I (NYSE: CBI) today announced it has been awarded a contract for the execution phase of an air quality control program for 13 existing coal-fired units at five sites. The units represent more than 9,000 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity. This award is valued at ...

May 2, 2013

By Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB & I)

B&W Awarded Environmental Equipment Contract for Iowa Power Plant

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has been awarded a contract to deliver, erect and commission a dry flue gas desulfurization system for Interstate Power and Light Company’s (IPL) 270 megawatt coal-fired Lansing Generating Station in Lansing, Iowa. IPL is a subsidiary of ...

Mar. 14, 2013

By Babcock & Wilcox

300 New FGD Projects Planned In China

In the 11th plan from 2006-2010 the six major Chinese utilities will install 300 new SO2 flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems. Each of these projects is identified in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System published by the McIlvaine Company. ...

Nov. 30, 2006

By The McIlvaine Company

DOE selects projects to conserve freshwater at coal-fired power plants

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 10 projects aimed at developing advanced technologies and concepts to minimize freshwater withdrawal and consumption by coal-based power systems. By improving the environmental performance of coal, America's most abundant energy resource, the projects will strengthen national energy security and help provide clean, affordable, abundant ...

Jul. 29, 2008

By US Department of Energy

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