Grantee Research Project Results
Minimum Emission Burner System for Water-Tube Boilers
EPA Contract Number: 68D50123Title: Minimum Emission Burner System for Water-Tube Boilers
Investigators: Kelly, John T.
Small Business: Altex Technologies Corporation
EPA Contact: Richards, April
Phase: II
Project Period: September 1, 1995 through May 1, 1998
Project Amount: $219,989
RFA: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) - Phase II (1995) Recipients Lists
Research Category: SBIR - Air Pollution , Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) , Air Quality and Air Toxics
Description:
Non-attainment air quality regions will require the implementation of ultra-low-NOx boiler burner systems. Currently, only costly Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems can achieve 9 ppm NOx emissions. Alternative and inexpensive low NOx burners, that can meet the regulations without SCR, are urgently needed by the utilities industry.Altex Technologies Corporation has identified the Minimum Emissions Burner System (MEBS) that has the potential to achieve very low NOx at low cost. Phase I test results have shown the ability of MEBS to reduce NOx to below 9 ppm. Most importantly, these results are achieved at a much lower cost than SCR, of ultra-low-NOx burners under development. Using the Phase I test results and cost data, it was estimated that the MEBS would be 70 to 90 percent lower in cost-to-remove-a-ton-of-NOx than FGR-based burner and SCR, respectively. This substantial cost advantage will drive the commercialization of the MEBS.
With the participation of Riley Stoker Corporation, a leading boiler manufacturer, Altex will further develop the MEBS under the proposed Phase II program. During this program, the MEBS design will be refined and tested at Riley's pilot-scale combustion facility. Economic data will then be refined and the economic benefits of the burner will be quantified. Lastly, Altex and Riley will prepare a plan for burner commercialization.
Supplemental Keywords:
small business, SBIR, engineering, chemistry., Air, Scientific Discipline, Toxics, Engineering, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, HAPS, Environmental Chemistry, Engineering, Chemistry, & Physics, air toxics, Environmental Engineering, hazardous air pollutants, emission control strategies, water tube boilers, Nox, Nitrogen Oxides, selective catalytic reduction, minimum emissions burner system, nitrogen oxides (Nox), atmospheric dispersion, Minimum Emissions Burner System (MEBS), burners, air pollutants, emissions contol engineering, boiler burners, air pollution, ambient air qualityProgress and Final Reports:
SBIR Phase I:
Minimum Emission Burner System for Water-Tube BoilersThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.