Hamon Research-Cottrell lists record orders in 2001 for energy-related technologies
SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction)
SCR is a process that reduces NOx (nitrogen oxide) emissions from the discharge gases of utility company power plants.
HRC was awarded a fast-track project for eleven SCR systems to be delivered and installed before the 2001 summer season. The systems were installed at eleven gas-fired combustion turbines of the New York Power Authority, located in all five boroughs of New York City to supply peaking power in the event of a summer-season energy shortfall. General Electric Company's Steward & Stevenson Division commissioned the equipment.
Another fast-track SCR contract involved SCR systems and ductwork for seven natural-gas-fired turbines at the 154-mw Pierce Power Station in Fredrickson, WA. The station is scheduled to go online this fall to address energy needs in the Western U.S. TransAlta, Canada's largest nonregulated electric generation and marketing company, commissioned the equipment.
Two more SCR systems for the Pacific Northwest were ordered by Innovative Steam Technologies for installation at AES-Columbia Power in Wallula, WA.
In May 2001 HRC was awarded a contract to supply DeNOx catalyst, flow modeling and engineering services in connection with a major SCR retrofit for the 362- and 617-mw Units 1 & 2 of the Coffeen Station of the St. Louis, MO - based Ameren Services Company.
U2A™ (Urea to Ammonia conversion)
SCR equipment involves the use of anhydrous ammonia. To avoid problems associated with ammonia transportation, transfer and storage, HRC has partnered with Wahlco Inc (Santa Ana, CA) as exclusive licensee of the U2A process -- the only patented urea-to-ammonia conversion system available on the market today -- which was developed by EC&C Technologies under EPA Phase I and Phase II SBIR programs. The system generates needed ammonia from stable, nonvolatile urea.
The first commercial scale U2A system started up last October at the AES Alamitos, CA Station. The success of the full-scale demonstration project led to formal acceptance by AES and a contract for permanent installation of two U2A reactors for startup in summer 2001 at AES-Huntington Beach LLC Power Station. The system supports the ammonia requirements for the station's new SCR system ammonia injection grid supplying four gas-fired power boilers.
The largest U2A system of its kind was booked in May. This project was issued by DTE Energy's Detroit Edison to generate ammonia onsite for the Monroe Power Station in Monroe, MI. The two-phase project is scheduled for completion in Spring 2003.
Bechtel Corporation, Frederick, MD, also contracted for a U2A system. This will be installed in the Wagner Power Plant of Bechtel's client, Constellation Power Source Generation, Baltimore, MD.
Pulse jet fabric filter systems
HRC also received a contract for design, supply and erection of two low-pressure/high volume pulse jet fabric filter systems to filter the flue gas from two 455 MW coal-fired boilers at the Craig Station, Craig, CO. It represents the largest conventional pulse jet fabric filter project to be installed in United States. The contract also includes partial demolition of existing hot-side electrostatic precipitators and upgrades to other existing equipment and systems. Craig is the largest coal-fired station in Colorado.
HRC COHPAC (Compact Hybrid Particulate Collector) technology, which utilizes a low-pressure/high volume pulse jet collector (baghouse) located between an existing ESP and the stack filter system, was recently commissioned by DOE as part of the nation's first mercury reduction demonstration program. HRC will co-fund the program with several other participating companies.
HRC is working with ADA-Environmental Solutions, a subsidiary of Earth Sciences, Inc, Littleton, CO, and Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, to install the equipment on Boiler No. 3 of the E. C. Gaston Steam Plant located in Wilsonville, AL. Two other boilers at the plant are already in successful operation with HRC supplied COHPAC technology, which is currently being utilized for particulate control.
Waste-to-Energy
A contract for an emission control system for a 200 tons / day waste-to-energy facility in Rochester, Minnesota includes the design, supply, and erection of all equipment, associated ductwork, baghouses, scrubbers, and a carbon injection system for the control of acid gases, dust, dioxin and mercury. The project value is in excess of $5.1 million. With this pollution control system in place, Hamon Research-Cottrell will have over 125 units in operation worldwide.
Hamon Research-Cottrell is a global leader in air pollution control technology and services. A member of the worldwide Hamon Group, which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, Hamon Research-Cottrell has almost 100 years of experience in providing capital equipment to a wide range of industries including power generation, petrochemical, glass, pulp and paper, metals and cement.
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