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Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Decision Will Have Only Minor Impact on the Equipment Market
The McIlvaine Company forecasts that this development will change the U.S. FGD and NOx control market forecasts by less than ten percent over the next five years. It will have less than one percent impact on the world markets. See link for the present forecasts in FGD World Markets and NOx Control World Markets.
Revision Date: 8/28/2012
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, SCR, Monitoring, Market, Regulation, CSAPR, Monitoring, FGD
Court Vacates Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
In an opinion issued August 21, two judges on a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected and vacated EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. This rule was finalized in July, 2011, and required 28 states in the East, Midwest, and South to reduce emissions of SO2 and NOx that cross state lines and worsen air quality in downwind states. "EPA's Transport Rule exceeds the agency's statutory authority in two independent respects," wrote Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the decision. The rule violates the Clean Air Act by requiring states to reduce their emissions by more than their own significant contributions to downwind states' nonattainment of air quality standards, according to the decision. And the agency did not allow states the opportunity to meet their "good neighbor" obligations before imposing its own Federal Implementation Plans, Kavanaugh wrote. The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) was EPA’s attempt to fix an earlier version, the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which was thrown out by the D.C. Court of Appeals in 2008. Analysts suggested that it would take several years to rewrite the rule rejected on Tuesday. In the meantime, the Court said that “EPA [will] continue to administer CAIR pending its development of a valid replacement.”
Revision Date: 8/28/2012
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Regulation, Monitoring, CSAPR, Monitoring
CSAPR by Debbie Fox, McIlvaine Company - Hot Topic Hour August 23, 2012
The Impacts of CSAPR
Revision Date: 8/23/2012
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, McIlvaine, CSAPR
Mega Symposium Highlights - Webinar - Hot Topic Hour August 23, 2012
Mega Symposium in Baltimore provided extensive updates on technology and regulations. The vacatur of CSAPR.
Revision Date: 8/23/2012
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, McIlvaine, Carbonxt, ERM, Clyde Bergemann, Mississippi Lime, Dry Injection, Lime, Activated Carbon, Precipitator, Mercury, CSAPR, MATS
William “Bill” Poe, a consultant with Invensys Process Systems, provided an overview of optimization of NOx reduction control systems and review of a few case studies with results. He indicated that optimizing combustion controls as well as SCR and SNCR systems can significantly impact NOx emissions.
Revision Date: 11/10/2011
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Invensys, Instrumentation, Optimization Software, Performance, NOx, Enterprise Management, Boiler Efficiency, CSAPR, Regulation
Peter Spinney, Director Marketing & Technology Assessment at NeuCo, Inc, addressed opportunities to use optimization to meet the Cross State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). He explained how BoilerOpt® can improve overall unit performance, reduce NOx, and increase boiler reliability which results in fewer adverse consequences associated with low-NOx operations, including less slagging, water wall corrosion, ammonia slip and air heater fouling. He itemized the near term CSAPR compliance alternatives.
Revision Date: 11/10/2011
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, NeuCo, Instrumentation, Optimization Software, NOx, Performance, Regulation, Enterprise Management, CSAPR, Boiler Efficiency
Optimization of Air Pollution Control Systems - Hot Topic Hour November 10, 2011
Optimization software can be purchased for far less than the equipment necessary to achieve modest reductions in NOx and improvements in boiler efficiency. The efficiency improvements also result in lower air emissions per MW of electricity produced.
Revision Date: 11/10/2011
Tags: 221112 - Fossil Fuel 化石燃料, Invensys, NeuCo, Instrumentation, Optimization Software, NOx, Enterprise Management, Boiler Efficiency, CSAPR, Regulation, Performance