BIOS, ABSTRACTS, PHOTOS

August 1, 2013

“New Developments in Air Pollution Control Technology – Part 2”

JIM BUTZ – NOVINDA CORPORATION

BIO:  Jim Butz is Vice President of Product Management for Novinda Corporation in Denver, Colorado. Since 2002 he has been a key member of the R&D team for Amended Silicates, Novinda’s mineral-based mercury reagent. While at ADA Technologies, Jim directed the initial field trial of Amended Silicates at a full-scale coal-fired power plant in 2006. He has participated in the ongoing development of advanced mercury control technologies at lab, pilot, and full-scale over the past 15 years. Jim is a mechanical engineer with 30 years experience in environmental control technologies for coal-fired generation.

ABSTRACT:  Full-scale Plant Trials of Novinda’s Non-carbon Mercury Capture Reagent

Novinda’s Amended Silicates is a non-carbon sorbent for capture of mercury from coal-fired power plants. A commercial production plant with 20 million pounds per year production capacity is now providing material for full-scale plant field trials and long-term supply contracts. The presentation will focus on results from trials at plants burning both eastern bituminous and western PRB coals and configured with multiple emissions control equipment options. Superior performance has been observed in plants with dry scrubbers as well as with ESP/Wet FGD systems installed.

JEAN-PHILIPPE FEVE – NEUMANN SYSTEMS GROUP

BIO: Jean-Philippe Feve received his PhD in Materials Science from University Henri Poincare in Nancy, France. He has worked in various engineering and R&D management positions over the past 20 years. At Neumann Systems Group he has been the Director of Engineering for the commercial wet FGD scrubber at the Martin Drake power plant and is now in charge of Business Development.

ABSTRACT: NeuStream^®-DR:  Improving the Effectiveness of DSI while substantially Reducing the Chemical Cost

The use of Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) is gaining popularity for control of SO₃, HCl and even SO₂, in utility and industrial applications. However, high removal rates of SO₂ can only be achieved at the cost of very high injection rates of sorbent, most of which leaves the system without reacting. Neumann Systems Group will present a new process which allows efficient recycling of the un-reacted and otherwise wasted sorbent, thus enabling up to 60-80 percent savings in sorbent cost.

STEVEN A. JAASUND - LUNDBERG

BIO:  Steven A. Jaasund is Manager, Geoenergy Products for Lundberg in Bellevue, Washington. Mr. Jaasund has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Lafayette College, an MS in Engineering (Air Resources) from the University of Washington and is a registered professional engineer in Arizona. He has over 40 years of professional experience in the field of emission control technology with a primary emphasis on wet ESPs and related technologies.

ABSTRACT:  Wet ESPs for Advanced Particulate Collection

The recently promulgated EPA MACT and MATS rules plus other impending regulatory mandates will require many industrial and utility operators to further reduce fine particle and HAP emissions. Wet electrostatic precipitation has been proven to be an excellent, low-energy approach this challenge. This presentation will explore the advantages of wet ESP technology in this role.

BOBBY I. T. CHEN – CB&I GROUP

BIO: Former Assist Director of the Energy Research Center at Western Kentucky University, and currently employed with the CB&I Group as a Client Program Manager. He has extensive experiences in coal-fired combustion system emission control, at more than 200 coal-fired units performing evaluations for enhanced acid gas scrubbing particulate matters and metal emissions control.

ABSTRACT:  EMO^™+HL, Total MATS Compliance Solution

There are critical reasons to enhance mercury oxidization using CB&I's technology because controlling mercury (Hg) emission from the coal combustion process is best achieved through a two-stage process. The first stage is to promote the mercury oxidization at the combustion chamber outlet. The second stage is to provide a means of absorbent to capture the oxidized mercury. On numerous of CB&I’s field EMO trials, EMO has been proven to achieve 90% plus Hg oxidization, thus facilitates the downstream AQCS Hg control efficiency. Furthermore, EMO was also found to be the most cost-effective way of controlling stack Hg.