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Desulfurization: - Removal of sulfur from fossil fuels to reduce pollution.
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Siemens Water Technologies to Supply System for Treating Flue Gas ...  -  Jul 22, 2008
Verivox (Pressemitteilung),22.07.2008 - Reliant Energy has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide a system to treat wastewater from a Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD)

Flue gas desulfurization process flow enhanced with Chemineer products  -  Jul 14, 2008
Environmental Expert (press release),Chemineer offers various products designed to enhance the Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) process flow. Globally, Chemineer is a leading supplier of mixing

Siemens wins $120 million Petrobras order  -  Jul 17, 2008
CNNMoney.comThe Munich-based industrial conglomerate said the large compressors will be installed in desulfurization units at eight refineries in Brazil.

Yokogawa Consortium Wins Pollution Control Systems Order for ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
European Investor,The company is the largest provider of control systems for industrial flue gas desulfurization facilities in the Japanese market, where flue gas

Crude Numbers  -  Jul 21, 2008
Atlantic OnlineIn addition, these larger plants have much more complex secondary refining capacity (eg catalytic crackers, reformers, desulfurization units) so that they

China Huaneng Releases Sustainable Development Report  -  Jul 28, 2008
China CSR,Sulfur dioxide emissions were decreased by 8.88% compared to 2006;the comprehensive utilization rate of desulfurization gypsum reached 68.2%;

CLP wins India power project  -  Jul 24, 2008
The Standard,...produce the same amount of electricity for using less coal, and other advanced emission control equipment such as flue gas desulfurization facilities.

Siemens to help Brazil desulfurize  -  Jul 18, 2008
United Press InternationalThe 10 single-shaft compressor trains are intended for the desulfurization components in eight Petrobras oil refineries. The units are reportedly part of

Siemens to build Pennsylvania wastewater treatment facility  -  Jul 22, 2008
IJ Online,Reliant Energy has selected Siemens to provide a system to treat wastewater from a Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) scrubber being constructed at the Keystone

SPF plans to sue ArcelorMittal Kriviy  -  Jul 15, 2008
SteelGuru,Ms Semeniuk has previously accused ArcelorMittal of failing to upgrade in 2006 and 2007 coking plants No 3 and No 4 and the desulfurization workshop,

ONA Energy Announces Successful Completion of Testing, Prior to ...  -  Jul 30, 2008
FOXBusinessThe Yongxing Power Plant Corporation is ONA Energy's 60% owned Sino-Foreign joint venture company constructing an environmentally friendly desulfurization

Australia- Asian alliance captures carbon  -  Aug 1, 2008
the chemical engineer,The thermal power plant has already installed desulfurization and denitrification technology. Huaneng Group’s commitment to the initiative began in 2007,

DOE to provide $36 mill to advance carbon dioxide capture  -  Aug 1, 2008
Electric Light & Power/ Utility Automation & Engineering T&D Magazine,...of nitrogen oxides will be reduced by greater than 90 percent without the need for wet flue gas desulfurization and selective catalytic reduction.

A load of rubbish powers E.ON's CHP plant  -  Jul 31, 2008
HeatingandVentilation.net,Desulfurization is carried out and mainly limestone is used as the fluidizing material. For denitration, CFB boilers operate at lower temperatures,

Second generation biofuels get a leg up  -  Jul 17, 2008
Cleantech,The US National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded $696658 to Intelligent Energy for the development of fuel flexible desulfurization systems for

Solucorp's IFS-2C Mercury Emission Control Technology Successfully ...  -  Jul 24, 2008
MarketWatchNC-based CoaLogix, has been successfully demonstrated at two coal fired power plants using wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems.

Wisconsin Energy Corporation Q2 2008 Earnings Conference Call ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
Seeking Alpha,On July 10, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission issued a final decision allowing us to build wet flue gas desulfurization and selective catalytic

Mason County Landfill still under state DWM notice  -  Jul 11, 2008
Ledger Independent,According to the report, landfill operators have removed the flue gas desulfurization waste material that had run over the constructed soil berm at the toe

China launches carbon capture facility at thermal plant  -  Jul 16, 2008
Xinhua,The Huaneng Beijing thermal power plant has already installed desulfurization and denitrification facilities. It also uses recycled urban wastewater in

DPL-Managed Scrubber Construction Program Completed  -  Jul 14, 2008
MarketWatchScrubbers, technically referred to as flue gas desulfurization (FGD) units, remove almost all sulfur dioxide from power plant emissions.

Environmental Energy Services (EES) Succeeds Again With Tests ...  -  Jul 9, 2008
MarketWatch...(EES) has also successfully demonstrated its method for suppression of elemental mercury re-emission from wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems.

The Real Step towards Zaporizhstal’s Modernization  -  Jul 25, 2008
Millennium Capital,The latter will include two 250-tonne converters, two ladle furnaces, one vacuum vessel, two slab concasters, and two pig iron desulfurization units.

What about Gore’s challenge to drop oil altogether?  -  Jul 23, 2008
Nieman Watchdog Blog,Only about a third of that plant capacity had scrubbers, or flue-gas desulfurization, a technology which was available and state-of-the-art a

Controversy dogs US clean coal industry  -  Jul 23, 2008
EnergyCurrent,A popular method is scrubbing, or flue gas desulfurization, where a processing unit at a power plant uses a wet slurry of absorbent material or an injection

Siemens To Supply FGD Scrubber Wastewater Treatment System At  -  Jul 23, 2008
Water Online (press release),Warrendale, PA — Reliant Energy has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide a system to treat wastewater from a Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD)

Sulfur crunch could limit bitumen output  -  Jul 18, 2008
Oil & Gas Journal,But supply is zooming from bitumen upgraders in northern Alberta, refineries responding to gasoline and diesel desulfurization regulations in the US and

DPL-Managed Scrubber Construction  -  Jul 15, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),Scrubbers, technically referred to as flue gas desulfurization (FGD) units, remove almost all sulfur dioxide from power plant emissions.

Ukraine to Protest Mittal Steel Agreement on Purchase of ...  -  Jul 15, 2008
RedOrbit,The company also failed to upgrade a desulfurization workshop. In addition, the commission said that a clause on the allocation of funds to improve social

SPF announces plans to sue Arcelor Mittal  -  Jul 15, 2008
Ukrainian Journal (subscription),4, and the desulfurization workshop, as part of the original commitments. Semeniuk also said Arcelor Mittal failed to spend 0.5% of its total annual sales

City reduces air, water pollution by 2%  -  Jul 14, 2008
Shanghai Daily,Desulfurization equipment installed in electricity plants last year effectively decreased the emission of sulfur dioxide. And 10 new sewage plants were

OPEC releases oil forecast to 2030  -  Jul 11, 2008
Oil & Gas Journal,...those for secondary processing units are not, OPEC warns, saying further additions are needed, especially for hydrocracking and desulfurization.

Siemens to supply ten compressor trains to Petrobras  -  Jul 17, 2008
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung)(Abonnement),The compressors plus their drives will be installed in desulfurization units at eight existing oil refineries in Brazil. The order is part of a major

Project powers changes  -  Nov 15, 2007
Uniontown Herald Standard,The scrubber, technically known as a flue-gas desulfurization system, will remove 95 percent of the sulfur dioxide and reduce particulates and mercury that

Belzona, Inc. Announces Solution to Erosion-Corrosion Control in ...  -  Nov 15, 2007
PR Web (press release),...a leader in the erosion-corrosion control industry, announces a novel solution to control erosion and corrosion in wet flue gas desulfurization units.

Opta Minerals Inc. Reports Record 3rd Quarter Revenue Results for ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
Market Wire (press release)Newco sells desulfurization products and services to integrated steel mills in Europe in the same manner as our North American operations perform in

in 2010 daily urban sewage treatment ability will increase to ...  -  Nov 7, 2007
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung),In China, exhaust gas purification in the work of energy saving and emission cutting focuses on electric power desulfurization. It's demanded that during

Plundering ECR environment for Power Plants  -  Nov 11, 2007
indiainteracts.com,China's laws and regulations state that the desulfurization equipment must be designed, built, and put into operation simultaneously with the power sets.

Prince George’s among worst polluting counties  -  Nov 28, 2007
Business Gazette,Allen said the company also is working on a flue-gas desulfurization system that would remove up to 95 percent of the sulfur oxide emissions.

Investigation: Refinery Emissions Pollute Macedonian Villages  -  Nov 9, 2007
BIRN,This report also includes the information from the clinic in Miladinovci after OKTA has started the process of desulfurization, indicating the rise in

Make Room for Two  -  Nov 26, 2007
33MetalproducingThe electrically powered units, with shared electrodes, are powered by a 25/28-MVA transformer, and perform desulfurization, and alloying/ microalloying.

Global Refining Capacity Shortage: One Way Out  -  Nov 16, 2007
Arab News,Therefore, costly desulfurization equipment is required to produce the lower sulfur products. And, the only other way to increase gasoline supplies and

Pollutants in Wild Freshwater Fish Pose Public Health Risks  -  Nov 8, 2007
Environment News ServiceReliant announced last year it will spend $250 million to install a flue gas desulfurization scrubber at Cheswick. Volz said, "We believe it is important

Air quality control project progressing at Plant Lowman  -  Nov 21, 2007
South Alabamian,Construction is complete on the new flue gas desulfurization unit - commonly called a "scrubber" - which removes sulfur dioxide from flue gases.

Morningstockpicks.com: MEVT and MGOA: Tried, Tested and True  -  Nov 20, 2007
Trading Markets (press release),The Company expects to launch advanced fuel gas dust removal and desulfurization technology to its coal-fired boiler by end of November 2007,

In 2006, Steel Production in China Broke Through 400 Million Tons  -  Nov 14, 2007
Business Wire (press release),After all measures of desulfurization have taken, SO2 emitted is supposed to decrease by 400000 tons or more. Small iron and steel enterprises lack

Coal Being Mined By Remote Control  -  Nov 8, 2007
Wheeling News Register,AEP’s Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization systems, or scrubbers, use chemical and mechanical processes to remove sulfur dioxide from gas produced by burning coal,

Combating Corrosion within Power Generation Facilities  -  Nov 7, 2007
Utility Products Magazine,By using Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) scrubber technology and heat recovery units, utilities have lowered flue gas temperatures and increased condensation

Scrubbers driving emissions down at local plant  -  Nov 4, 2007
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle,By JIMMY SETTLE At tva's Cumberland Fossil Plant in nearby Cumberland City, a flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system is helping to drive down the volume of

Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited Reports Contracts Awarded to ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
CNNMoney.comThe contracts cover design, manufacture, supply, and commissioning of desulfurization equipment for various applications. The four contracts are for eleven

Contractors help coal plants reduce emissions  -  Jul 25, 2007
Xinhua,..."Contracting out desulfurization projects will improve quality and the take-up rate, as well as accelerate technological progress," the circular said.

Opta Minerals Inc. Reports 2nd Quarter Results for Fiscal 2007  -  Aug 8, 2007
WM Experts (press release),Expansion of the magnesium desulfurization business. In March, the Company announced two significant developments with respect to its magnesium

Shaw Group Signs $1.1B Scrubber Contract  -  Aug 7, 2007
Forbes,The company's fossil division of its Shaw Power Group will install flue gas desulfurization units, designed to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions,

Market Report -- In Play (WIRES)  -  Aug 13, 2007
MSN MoneyOn The Wires Euro Tech Holdings (CLWT) announces that its associated co, Zhejiang Tianlan Desulfurization and Dust-Removal Co. Ltd. in Zhejiang, China has

Shaw Group agrees to retrofit Mirant plants—  -  Aug 9, 2007
WMDT,Under the deal signed with Mirant Mid-Atlantic and Mirant Chalk Point, Shaw will install flue gas desulfurization units, at the Chalk Point, Morgantown and

Business Briefs for Aug. 8, 2007  -  Aug 7, 2007
2TheAdvocate,Under the deal signed with Mirant Mid-Atlantic LLC and Mirant Chalk Point LLC, Shaw will install flue gas desulfurization units, which are designed to

Shaw Group Finalizes Contract For $1.1 Bln Scrubber Projects [SGR]  -  Aug 7, 2007
RTT News,The company said, retrofit would comprise flue gas desulfurization units, which are designed to significantly reduce sulfur dioxide emissions.

China tasks contractors to detoxify power plants  -  Jul 26, 2007
China Knowledge Online,The circular released by the authorities cited reasons for contracting out desulfurization projects, saying that it will help improve the quality,

EPA challenges SWEPCO modeling  -  Jul 27, 2007
Hope Star,Robinson's July 13 letter also challenged SWEPCO's rationale for the use of Dry Flue Gas Desulfurization technology as the Best Available Control Technology

Shares in first Chinese firm listed in Tokyo soar  -  Aug 8, 2007
Taipei Times,...engages in designing, building and installing environmental equipment, including desulfurization devices used at coal-fired power plants.

The Great Leap Backward?  -  Aug 22, 2007
Foreign Affairs Magazine...a recent edict mandating that all new power plants use desulfurization equipment because the technology cost as much as would 15 years' worth of fines.

/CORRECTION -- Gardner Denver, Inc./  -  Jul 25, 2007
CNNMoney.comWe continue to see potential opportunities in environmental applications around the world, including flue gas desulfurization and flare gas and wastewater

Datang to build new power plant in Shenyang  -  Aug 14, 2007
China Knowledge Online,The efficiency of desulfurization during gas production is to be greatly improved, and at the same time, sulfur dioxide emission is to be reduced to a level

StreetInsider.com Pre-Open Movers 08/13  -  Aug 13, 2007
StreetInsider.com (subscription),Euro Tech Holdings Company Limited (Nasdaq: CLWT) 15% HIGHER; announced that its associated company, Zhejiang Tianlan Desulfurization and Dust-Removal Co.

Shaw Finalizes Contract for $1.1 Billion Scrubber Projects at ...  -  Aug 7, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The retrofit will include flue gas desulfurization units, which are designed to significantly reduce sulfur dioxide emissions. Completion of the retrofit

Two Parrish plants need scrubbers  -  Jul 30, 2007
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,Flue gas desulfurization systems, or "scrubbers," are highly effective in the removal of sulfur dioxide. SO2 is a major contributor to soot levels.

Black & Veatch announces startup of largest CT-121 scrubber project  -  Jul 27, 2007
Construction and Maintenance News,...successful start-up of the largest CT-121 wet flue gas desulfurization system (scrubber) project in North America at the DP&L-operated Killen Station.

Marsh gas recycled to generate electricity  -  Jul 27, 2007
EastDay.com,It is then transmitted to three desulfurization tanks to remove water and toxic materials. Finally, the gas is poured into an 80-kilowatt power generator.

NRG Energy Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript  -  Aug 2, 2007
Seeking Alpha,Environmental will continue the flu-gas desulfurization projects at Huntley at Dunkirk, and begin scrubber installation at Indian River and Big Cajun II.




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