mercury scrubber News
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Scrubbers In Other Countries Remove More Mercury Than U.S. Emits
Power plants in the U.S. emit 48 tons per year of mercury. Power plants outside the U.S. remove more than 50 tons per year of mercury, and this quantity will increase to over 80 tons by 2010. This new finding by the McIlvaine Company is based on its individual plant data and forecasts contained in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. A big debate is raging over the ...
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Revolution in decision making for power plant scrubber projects
A variety of constantly changing factors make selection of the best flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems, components, and services very difficult. A new service “FGD Decisions” now available from the McIlvaine Company greatly simplifies the task through a decision tree, sophisticated networking, and support intelligence. The decision tree draws on all the world's FGD information and ...
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Revolution in decision making for power plant scrubber projects
A variety of constantly changing factors make selection of the best flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems, components, and services very difficult. A new service “FGD Decisions” now available from the McIlvaine Company greatly simplifies the task through a decision tree, sophisticated networking, and support intelligence. The decision tree draws on all the world's FGD information and not ...
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Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. Launches New Mercury Control Product
Midwest Energy Emissions Corp. ("ME2C" or the "Company"), a leader in mercury emissions control in North America, announced today that it is adding a new product to its proven, cost-effective mercury capture program that will reduce mercury emissions by preventing scrubber reemission events. The product is specifically designed for coal-fired power utilities with wet scrubbers to help remove ...
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Power Plants Must Have A Mercury Reduction Strategy Now
Despite the regulatory uncertainties it is essential that power plant operators put in place both short-term and long-term plans to deal with mercury emissions. This is the advice provided by the McIlvaine Company in Power Plant Air Quality Decisions. There are three main reasons why it is so important to have a plan in place: - Requirements for reduction are likely sooner ...
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Chinese Pollution Will Insure Maximum Air Polllution Expenditures in the U.S.
Recent publicity relative to the contribution of Chinese power plants to smog and soot deposition in California is making the voters aware that pollution control needs to be addressed on a global basis. This will mean that the U.S. must set an example. But given the present regulations the U.S. could find itself in the embarrassing situation of emitting six times as much SO2 as China. The ...
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EPA administrator resigns over “crucify” comments regarding enforcement philosophy
A top EPA regional administrator resigned today over controversial comments regarding his views of how the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) should enforce its environmental regulations, saying that the EPA should do like the ancient Romans who would crucify conquered villagers to set an example. Al Armendariz, the administrator for the EPA’s 6th region tendered his resignation after ...
By Baghouse.com
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Nations agree first global treaty to ban mercury emissions
A legally binding global treaty to curb mercury in the environment, agreed after a week of gruelling negotiations in Geneva, will also include a funding facility to assist developing countries in phasing out the toxic heavy metal in industrial processes and in artisanal gold mining in Africa, Asia and Latin America The Minamata Convention on Mercury, named after the Japanese port where people ...
By SciDev.Net
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Mercury Removal from Exhaust Stacks and Process Gas is a Shifting Billion Dollar/yr. Market
New technologies, geographies and regulations are creating an ever changing market for mercury removal from exhaust stacks and process gases. This is the conclusion of the McIlvaine Company in N056 Mercury Air Reduction Market. The largest application is coal-fired boilers. Natural gas purification, sewage sludge incinerators, waste-to-energy plants and other facilities are significant ...
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$2 billion/yr market for mercury removal from stack gases
The market for equipment and consumables to measure and remove mercury from stack gases will average over $2 billion/yr over the next decade. This is the latest forecast in the online McIlvaine "Mercury Air Reduction Markets". There are three immediate markets, all are in the U.S. They are cement, utility boilers and industrial boilers. Hundreds of millions of dollars has already been spent by ...
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Your Guide to Renting a Jerome
Our rental program is designed to give you the high level of performance expected from a Jerome instrument without the long term commitment or cost of a purchase. Why rent a Jerome? Flexibility, accuracy and reliability – all in one convenient, durable and industry-proven package. Whether you’re an environmental consultant who just doesn’t run into odor compliance issues all ...
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Flue Gas Desulfurization Orders To Average $11 Billion/yr For Next 13 Years
After decades of famine the world’s Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) system suppliers are now feasting with worldwide orders in 2006 reaching over $11 billion. The suppliers of these systems and the suppliers of components are struggling to deal with the demand. Delays of one year or more due to shortages in equipment or labor are now commonplace. Chief executives are struggling to determine how ...
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Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. Awarded Contract with Xcel Energy for SCR Systems
Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. (HPSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the design and supply of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems including Hitachi’s proprietary catalyst with Xcel Energy for its Hayden Station, Units 1 & 2, located in Routt County in Hayden, Colorado. Terms were not disclosed. ...
By Xcel Energy
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