SO2 News
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EPA proposes to grant clean air act petition to improve air quality in New Jersey
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to grant a petition submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to limit sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant that are adversely impacting air quality in four New Jersey counties. The proposed rule, when final, would require the Portland Generating Station in Northampton County, Pa. to ...
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Macrotek Awarded Half a Million Dollar Contract for Complex Scrubber Systems
Macrotek was awarded phase two of a metal extraction project which includes detailed engineering and fabrication of two complex scrubber systems for a gold extraction plant in Thetford, Quebec. In one system, the flue gas from a roaster is at high temperature and contains multiple contaminants including particulate, arsenic, and SO2. The high SO2 content allows for sulfuric acid recovery which ...
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EPA proposes to grant clean air act petition to improve air quality in New Jersey; agency action would cut transport of air pollutants from PA. Power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed to grant a petition submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to limit sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant that are adversely impacting air quality in four New Jersey counties. The proposed rule, when final, would require the Portland Generating Station in Northampton County, Pa. to ...
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Stack Emission Monitoring for Naval application
Emission Monitoring system for naval application ETG 7500 Monitored Gas CO2 (NDIR) 0-25% SO2 (NDUV) 0-50 ppm Automatic calculation SO2/CO2 ratio Certification in process with RINA ETG Choose DOAS UV because it has low interferences in the application gas stream, and particularly for water vapour, the NDIR has a big influence vs autozero conditions, and measurement influence against water ...
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EU ship emissions directive improves air quality in harbours
To reduce air pollution levels in harbours, EU Directive 2005/33/EC requires all anchored ships to use fuels with low sulphur content. A recent study of air quality in Mediterranean harbours shows that levels of sulphur dioxide have decreased significantly since the Directive was implemented in 2010. Ships are a major source of harmful air pollutants, such as sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen ...
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Exhibiting at EUEC 2017 - San Diego, CA
Mississippi Lime will be exhibiting at EUEC on Wednesday, February 8th – Friday, February 10th at the San Diego Convention Center, Booth #469. Stop by our booth to discuss: DSI for SO2, SO3, HCI removal High Reactivity Hydrated Lime Products for Air Pollution Control Ash effects of DSI Sorbents On Thursday, 2/9, Richard Zhang, Senior Research Engineer will present Toxic Trace ...
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South Korea buys Made in France pollution monitors
We congratulate our South Korean exclusive distributor KENVITECH Inc. for wining several tenders for multigas monitoring systems: One multi-gas MIR 9000, in rack version, for the continuous emissions measurement of HCl, SO2, NO, NO2, CO and CO2. The pollution monitor will be stack mounted in YANG JU SGE incinerator. 3 multi-gas MIR 9000, for real-time gas monitoring of CO, NO and HCl. The 3 ...
By ENVEA
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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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New ‘How To’ video on gas monitoring App
In 2016 Gasmet launched a free App on both iOS and Android, providing anyone with an interest in gas monitoring with quick and easy access to an enormous volume of highly useful information. The App has now been downloaded hundreds of times by people from every continent, but to help users make the most of the App’s capabilities Gasmet has now published an explanatory video, which is ...
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EPA Plan Will Reduce Pollution and Improve Visibility in Texas, Oklahoma
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed action to reduce harmful emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) to improve visibility at some of Texas' and Oklahoma's most treasured parks and wilderness areas. After a thorough review, EPA has proposed to partially approve and partially disapprove the state of Texas’ regional haze plan intended to meet federal Clean Air ...
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New ‘How To’ video on gas monitoring App
In 2016 Gasmet launched a free App on both iOS and Android, providing anyone with an interest in gas monitoring with quick and easy access to an enormous volume of highly useful information. The App has now been downloaded hundreds of times by people from every continent, but to help users make the most of the App’s capabilities Gasmet has now published an explanatory video, which is ...
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Climate change could worsen effects of pollution on plants
Emissions from large point sources of pollution, such as heavy industry, have a detrimental effect on the plants growing in the local area. A new study suggests that predicted increases in global temperatures as a result of climate change may worsen the harmful effects of aerial pollution on plant diversity in susceptible areas. Researchers from Finland examined the effects of local, severe ...
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Bionomic Industries Completes Successful Start-Up and Test of Scrubber in SO2 Removal Application
Bionomic Industries, Inc., a leading manufacturer of scrubbing equipment and "prepackaged" scrubber systems, has recently completed successful start-up and testing of their patented Rotabed Scrubber in an SO2 scrubbing application at Fort James Paper in Camus, WA. According to mill personel, the Rotabed Scrubber achieved non-detect levels of SO2 at the scrubber outlet using magnesium hydroxide ...
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EPA grants clean air act petition to improve air quality in New Jersey/action protects public health and cuts harmful emissions from pennsylvania power plant
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today granted a petition submitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to limit sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from a Pennsylvania power plant that are adversely impacting air quality in Warren, Sussex, Morris and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. This is the first single-source petition the agency has granted and it will require ...
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$14 billion market for FGD equipment and consumables
Revenues for equipment, repair parts and consumables to remove SO2 from power plant stacks around the world will increase to over $14 billion in 2011 up from $13.2 billion in 2010. This is the forecast in the McIlvaine online report FGD Markets and Strategies. www.mcilvainecompany.com Fifty percent of the expenditures will be for reagents and repairs. The reagents include lime, limestone, ...
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Macrotek Awarded Major Flue Gas Desulphurization Contract for Heavy Oil Recovery Project in Venezuela
Macrotek signed a multi-million dollar contract for the design and supply of a compact flue gas desulphurization (FGD) system for the Venezuelan national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). The FGD system will clean up gases from a thermal oxidizer containing a significant concentration of SO2. Hot gases from the oxidizer will be quenched and conditioned in a counter-current ...
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Satellite data improve aviation safety
Thousands of planes are grounded across Europe due to the spread of volcanic ash following the recent eruption under Iceland's Eyjafjallajoekull glacier. Volcanic eruptions eject large amounts of ash and trace gases such as sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere, often reaching the altitudes of scheduled flights. When flying through a volcanic ash cloud, ash particles enter the jet engines which ...
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MIR 9000P: the portable multi-gas analyzer gets QAL1 certification for SO2
ENVEA’s portable multi-gas analyzer MIR 9000P is now QAL1 certified for SO2 according to EN 15267-4, with the lowest range of the market (0 – 143 mg/m3), for an AMS-P. The instrument has successfully passed the lab and field tests made by TUV Rheinland Energy GmbH and the report has been approved by the certification committee. Following the usual process, the official QAL1 ...
By ENVEA
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Acid Rain Forming Emissions Fall Sharply, EPA Reports
For the first time ever, sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the power sector fell below 10 million tons as reported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Acid Rain Program and Related Programs 2006 Progress Report. 2006 marks the 12th year of what is widely hailed as one of the most successful environmental programs in U.S. history. In 2006, annual SO2 emissions from acid rain ...
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OPSIS Monitors the Ambient Air in Sweden
OPSIS AB has installed two new AQM Monitoring Systems in Sweden. The two systems are placed in the cities of Trelleborg and Arvika. They monitor NO2, SO2 and PM10 particles. The contracts started the 1st of January 2016 and the measurements are performed on behalf of Arvika and Trelleborg municipality and are made in accordance with the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. Both Arvika and ...
By OPSIS AB
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