Title: Dry Scrubbing Market Growing in Many Directions

Most of the market for coal-fired power plant flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is served by wet limestone systems which produce wallboard quality gypsum. However, according to the analysis in FGD Market and Strategiespublished by the McIlvaine Company, dry scrubbers are starting to gain traction. There are a number of reasons: •Concern about water usage particularly in arid areas in the U.S. and China, •Ability to scale systems up to 500 MW in a single module, •New methods of converting the flyash/gypsum mixture into salable byproducts, •Saturation of the gypsum market, •Concerns about capturing other pollutants such as SO3, •Regulations which dictate minimal capital investment (U.S.).

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  • 2/6/2015

 

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