Ability to Measure Mass PM, Ammonia, SO3 and NOx
is Hot Topic on Oct. 13, 2011
Since the Utility MACT was first proposed by EPA in May, many persons have
expressed concern over the ability of the industry to accurately measure some of
the regulated emissions especially mass particulate matter (PM) at the limits
proposed by EPA as well as “unregulated” gases that need to be measured for
process control. The Cross State Air Pollution (transport) Rule (CSAPR) will
also act to reduce the limits and increase the difficulty of
measuring/monitoring regulated pollutants at very low levels.
In various presentations both during McIlvaine Company Hot Topic Hours and
elsewhere, concerned parties have questioned the accuracy and efficacy of the
EPA test procedures. Some have presented evidence of errors and biases in and
between various test procedures. Others have simply discussed the difficulty of
measuring low levels of reactive gases like SO3 and ammonia.
Measurement accuracy can have a serious impact on existing sources that may not
meet the new limits once the MACT and the proposed test methods within it and
the CSAPR become the law of the land.
The following speakers will describe the current and proposed methods for
measurement of Mass PM, Ammonia, SO3 and NOx; tell
participants what they need to do to insure accurate, repeatable data and
discuss the implications for the utility industry of errors in their measurement
data.
Ed Burgher,
Manager of Business Development & Technical Sales at Avogadro Environmental
Corporation; Mark Pastore, Director, Business Development at
Environmental Energy Services, Inc. and John Jeffery at
Environmental Energy Services, Inc., will co-present
the perspective of a stack testing company on the accuracy of stack testing
methods gained over fifteen years of testing experience. They will focus on the
importance of understanding the test methods being employed and the way the
tests are actually run to ensure consistent and accurate data.
Craig A. Clapsaddle,
BetaGuard PM Sales Manager at Mechanical Systems, Inc/MSI
Krag Petterson,
Principle Product Engineer for Emissions Monitoring at Pall Corporation, will
discuss the use of
the Xact Multi Metals CEM as an alternative to monitoring with a PM CEM and a
mercury CEM. The recently proposed National Emissions Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam
Generating Units (Utility MACT) requires continuous monitoring of both PM (as a
surrogate for non-Hg HAP metals) and mercury on coal-fired power plants.
In addition, EPA has proposed individual and total non-Hg metal HAP limits as an
alternative to using PM as a surrogate. The Xact 640 is a multi-metals CEM
that offers the possibility of compliance monitoring of both mercury and
non-mercury HAP directly with a single CEM rather than using both a mercury CEM
and a PM CEM. Previously, the Xact has been approved by the EPA for
compliance monitoring on a hazardous waste incinerator and has passed a mercury
RATA on a coal-fired power plant.
Dan Kietzer,
Business Development Manager at SICK MAIHAK, Inc. Process Automation Division,
will discuss
SO3 control using dry sorbent injection (DSI). DSI offers
benefits in both lower emissions and less corrosion to critical plant
components. Until recently, a real time monitor to provide feedback control of
the DSI was not available. Real time SO3/H2SO4
analyzers have been installed and tested in coal-fired power plants in the U.S.
and have been used to control the injection process and reduce sorbent usage. An
overview of the technology and performance will be discussed.
Shawn Nelezen,
a
Client Account Manager and Senior Project Manager
with The Avogadro Group, LLC, will discuss the definition and types of
particulate matter, recent changes in particulate matter test methodology, the
implications of test method on results including interferences, and detection
limits relative to the proposed MACT limits.
To register for this “Hot Topic Hour” on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.
CDT, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
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Top Notch Speakers at Air Quality Conference - Arlington, Virginia, October 24,
2011
More than 1000 years of air quality experience is represented in the speakers at
this biannual conference. They will be exchanging their ideas over various
topics which are challenging the industry. Because of the format there will be
ample time to engage them in direct conversations. If you need any contacts
ahead of time just call us.
Additional Exhibition
Information
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Here are the Headlines for the September 30, 2011 – Utility E Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1044 – September 30, 2011
Table of Contents
COAL – US
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Make Hydrochloric Acid with Illinois Coal
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Progress Energy to Shut 172 MW North Carolina Coal-fired Power Plant
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EPA Wants Major Changes to PSNH Coal-fired Power Plant in Bow, New Hampshire
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Coal Dust Explosion at Hastings, Nebraska Coal-fired Power Plant
COAL – WORLD
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NTPC Forms $700 Million Joint Venture Power Project with Ceylon Electricity
Board in Sri Lanka
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400 MW Power Plant Expansion Project in Quezon Province, Philippines
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AES Corp. to Pursue $1 Billion Expansion for Masinloc Coal-fired Power Plant
GAS / OIL – US
GAS / OIL – WORLD
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Black & Veatch to Participate in Expansion of Chana and Wang Noi Power Plants in
Thailand
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Iraq Awards $650 Million in Power Plant Deals
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Construction Begins at South Korea's Poncheon Power Station
CO2
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Alstom and Datang to Develop Two CCS Projects in China
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Summit Power Forms New Carbon Capture Business Unit
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German Upper Chamber Rejects Carbon Storage Bill
BIOMASS
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
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Fuel Tech Inc. Receives $3 Million in Emissions Control Orders
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GE and Toshiba to Promote New Combined Cycle Power Plants with GE Technology
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Malaysia Petronas in Deal for Stake in Singapore Power Business
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Top Notch Speakers at Air Quality Conference, Arlington, Virginia, October 24,
2011
HOT TOPIC HOUR
For more information on the Utility Environmental
Upgrade Tracking System, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.
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Use of Biogas Increasing
Biogas projects represent a win-win situation. Not only are pollutants removed
but energy is created. Even a zoo project was included in a recent McIlvaine
Renewable Energy Update.
NTT America, a global infrastructure services provider and wholly-owned
subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation, announced that it has deployed
Bloom Energy Servers at its Lundy Data Center in San Jose, CA, through NTT
Worldwide Telecommunications Corporation, a core firm that performs global data
center operations in NTT Communications Group. As part of several broad energy
efficiency initiatives, NTT America continually monitors advancements in energy
conservation technologies and chose Bloom Energy’s proven fuel cell technology,
running on directed biogas, as the best choice to minimize its carbon footprint
and decrease the amount of electricity pulled from the public grid, while at the
same time reducing operating costs. The Bloom Energy Servers are connected to a
natural gas pipeline, and utilize biogas from a California dairy farm to
generate electricity on-site.
*****
Consumers Energy has contracted to purchase the total renewable energy output
produced by the Fremont Community Digester (FCD), which held a groundbreaking
ceremony in Fremon, MI in June.
“This is the first time that Consumers Energy will be buying renewable energy
from fuel produced by processed food waste. This innovative facility is another
sign that Michigan’s energy reform law is working by driving investment in
renewable energy projects,” said David Ronk, the utility’s Director of
Transactions and Resource Planning.
The $22-million digester and electric generator is being built by NOVI Energy,
Indus Energy and North Central Cooperative, and is expected to begin commercial
operation in the summer of 2012. Agricultural waste products for the FCD will be
supplied by Gerber Products, Fremont Cooperative Produce Company and other area
agricultural companies.
Consumers Energy will purchase approximately 380,000 megawatt-hours MWh or
19,000 MWh per year, of electricity from the FCD over the next 20 years at a
cost of $55 million. The FCD’s electric output is estimated at 3.1 MW.
*****
Joined by local and state officials at Kreider Farms, Bion Environmental
Technologies Inc. unveiled groundbreaking new technology that protects local
streams and the Chesapeake Bay, saves taxpayer money, and creates a source of
renewable energy.
Forgoing the traditional approach of treatment at municipal wastewater and
stormwater facilities, Bion’s new advanced micro-aerobic digestion technology
provides on-site nutrient treatment at a livestock farm before they ever have an
opportunity to flow into local streams and watersheds. The result is a dramatic
reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus from animal waste that otherwise would
enter the Chesapeake Bay. When Bion’s projects at Kreider Farms are fully
implemented the technology will create enough biomass to power approximately
2,700 homes.
Bion’s recently-completed $7.5-million installation at Kreider Dairy Farms, a
1,200 dairy-cow operation, was funded by Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment
Authority (PENNVEST) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will
verify nutrient reductions. Offsets can be used by municipal wastewater and
regional stormwater facilities as qualified reductions for the federal
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Chesapeake Bay initiative. The credits
could also be made available for use by municipalities in other states in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed area.
*****
In its June session, the Board of Management of the Toronto Zoo voted
unanimously to enter into an agreement with ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. to
develop and operate a 500-kW scalable biogas plant. The project will be the
first cooperatively-owned biogas plant in Canada and the first zoo-based biogas
plant of its kind in North America.
Under the proposed terms of the agreement ZooShare will be responsible for fully
funding, designing, developing, constructing and operating the plant on lands
leased from the zoo. Food waste from a major grocery retailer and all of the
Zoo’s manure, which is currently composted, will go to the proposed plant where
it will be processed into electricity, heat and fertilizer. The project
represents an investment of $5.4 million, the majority of which will be raised
from the community through the issuance of community bonds.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update
please visit
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Projects_Brochure/renewable_energy_projects_brochure.htm
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