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GE is involved with many products and services in many of the branches of the FGD Decision tree. The “Layered Combustion” paper given on Wednesday at 1530 is the result of the work of the group which was formerly EER in Irvine, California. They have one of the largest pilot furnace facilities in North America. This capability provides resources to develop optimization systems. These result in increased efficiency and therefore less SO2 per kWh. The former KVB Enertec group supplies the continuous emission monitors which measure and report the SO2 emissions and are used to maximize reagent utilization. The former BHA group furnishes bags for dry FGD with a number of options from the fiber to the bag type and even the coatings or laminates. Since FGD systems remove some particulate but are limited by the potential gypsum contamination, it is important to coordinate precipitator upgrades with FGD construction. This group of GE is a leader in precipitator upgrades. GE Water is now part of GE Infrastructure. In fact GE announced this week that there are now six major businesses. Dave Calhoun is Vice Chairman of Infrastructure. George Oliver is responsible for GE Water and John Krenicki is responsible for GE Energy. John Rice is now Vice Chairman of Industrial. This includes Fanuc, equipment services and many other groups. GE water is involved in a number of branches of FGD Decisions. The chemicals needed for separation of the metals from the wastewater along with anti-scalants, defoamers, polymers, etc. are supplied for this application. The equipment group supplies the membrane systems which can be used for selenium removal and other wastewater purification needs. |
