Dry Precipitator Efficiency Improvement is the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on February 12, 2009 at 10 a.m. CST Chicago time
Precipitators have been a significant cost to utilities both at initial acquisition as well as during operation. But over the past ten years, development of better power supplies, improvements to the design, and modeling of air flow now offer the possibility to significantly reduce these operating costs and potentially eliminate additional costs for chemical additives or control equipment downstream to control NOx, SO2, and fine particulates. Over the past years, companies that supply precipitators and their key components as well as companies that provide services to maintain and tune up precipitators have developed methods and equipment to fine tune precipitators to both improve the performance and to reduce the power required to achieve this performance. In some situations, an electrostatic precipitator can even approach the performance of fabric filters in removing fine particulates and eliminate the need for a bag house to meet regulatory requirements.
The following speakers will present an update of the current developments, on-going testing or performance of installations or new technology being developed for dry precipitators:
Gary J. Grieco, Consultant at Air Consulting Associates, LLC, and Mick Chambers, Director of Pre-Contract Operations at Southern Environmental, Inc., will discuss ESP Design in the 21st Century and provided data to demonstrate the effects of the thoughtful application of four well known ESP design technologies -- discharge electrode configuration, collecting plate spacing, power supply type, and physical airflow modeling -- into the design of several utility electrostatic precipitators. (973) 829-0011 cell (201) 572-0253 ggrieco@aol.com
Steven Ostanek, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Neundorfer will utilize his 26 years of experience at Neundorfer to discuss the approaches taken to get the most performance enhancement from the lowest cost improvements that will result in significant benefits for the end user. (440) 942-8990 steveo@neundorfer.com
Thomas R. Keeler, President of TRK Engineering Services, Inc., and ESPCO International, Inc, both consulting service groups that specialize in electrostatic precipitators, scrubbers, bag houses and other air pollution control devices will review of the key areas that effect ESP efficiency focusing on how to use ESP fundamentals and minor upgrades to improve the ESP’s operation, reliability and overall efficiency. (978) 287-0550 trkeng@apcnetwork.com
Rob Kimberl, Vice-president of Operations at Clyde Bergemann EEC, will discuss how CB-EEC works to improve precipitator efficiency. rkimberl@clydebergemanneec.com
Ralph Altman, Project Manager at EPRI will discuss the programs at EPRI for improving precipitator efficiency and their results. (423) 899-0072 raltman@epri.com
To register for the “Hot Topic Hour” on Thursday, February 12 at 10:00 a.m. CST, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/FGDnetoppbroch/Default1.htm .
Bob McIlvaine
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