PRECIP 
NEWSLETTER 

December 2012
No. 443

Table of Contents

COAL-FIRED UTILITIES

• World Needs to Efficiently Utilize Its Finite Coal Reserves
• Billion-Dollar Annual Market for Mercury Reduction
• Shaw Awarded EPC Management Contract for Twenty-two Coal-Fired Power Plants
• EPA Requires an Additional Year to Finalize Coal Ash Rule

MEGA SYMPOSIUM 

• Tests a LCRS Show ACI Options Successful at Relatively Low Feed Rates
• Testing of FastPAC Premium™ Shows a Step Change Advance in Mercury Capture Effectiveness
• Use of Steam Based Mer-Cure “S” Reduces Operating Cost of Air-Based Mer-Cure by 62 Percent
• Best Combination of DSI/ACI Sorbents and Fuel Additives and Their Injection Locations is Site Specific
• Enhanced CFD Based Chemistry Model for SO₃ Mitigation by Dry Sorbent Injection Developed

WASTE-TO-ENERGY

• B&W Subsidiary Awarded $170-Million Boiler and Environmental Contract for Denmark Waste-to-Energy Plant
• Biomass Plant Receives Loan Guarantee Form Department of Agriculture

METALS

• Simetal Merim Dry Type Dedusting Plant to Be Installed at Kardemir in Turkey

COMPANY NEWS

• Andritz Acquires Allied Environmental Solutions, USA

ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS

• Glass Manufacturer to Install Advanced Emission Control Devices