FGD and DeNOx
NEWSLETTER       

                                                                                                                            December 2007
                                                                                                                                            No. 356

NO_x

• Empire District to Retrofit SCR at 213 MW Asbury

• Luminant Energy Still Considering SCR for Martin Lake and Monticello

• Fuel Tech Start-up of NOxOUT ULTRA^® System in China

• Fuel Tech Awarded APC Orders Totaling $8.4 Million

• B&W to Supply Boilers, SCR for Prairie State

• Three 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Areas Fail to Meet Marginal Requirement

• EPA to Revise CAIR and CAMR so Biomass Co-fired Cogen Units are Exempted

• NO_x Levels in Eastern U.S. Region Down Seven Percent from 2005 to 2006

• SCR Successfully Retrofit at Italian Cement Kiln

• U.S. Looking Towards SNCR for Cement Kiln NO_x Reduction

FGD

• URS Upgrading More than Ten FGD Scrubbers to 98% Efficiency

• FGD Costs are Increasing

• 400-MW Coolimba in Western Australia to Have DeSOx

• Georgia Power Can Get Money for Hammond FGD from Tax-free Bonds

• Chimney Liner Orders Favor FRP or Glass Brick but there are Exceptions

• Progress Energy Estimates $1.355 Billion for Emissions Control in North Carolina

• Penalty of $3273/ton for Excess SO₂ or NO_x Emissions in 2007

• FGD Retrofit on 5x600 MW Beilun Finished

• Hunt Refining Settles Alleged Violation Suit

• Mexican Emission Standards for Power Plants

• Eastman to Install Spray Drier FGD and Fabric Filters

• Nozzles are Critical: Hot Topic Hour November 8, 2007

• Advanced Spray Nozzles Improve Scrubber Efficiency

• Polymer Linings for FGD

• Metso IRI Equilibrium Crane for Unloading Limestone from Barge