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Environmental Technology Verification Report - NATCO Group, Inc. – Paques THIOPAQ Gas Purification Technology
Citation:
Southern Research Institute. Environmental Technology Verification Report - NATCO Group, Inc. – Paques THIOPAQ Gas Purification Technology . U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, EPA/600/R-04/165, 2004.
Impact/Purpose:
to publish information
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has created the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program to facilitate the deployment of innovative or improved environmental technologies through performance verification and dissemination of information. The goal of the ETV program is to further environmental protection by accelerating the acceptance and use of improved and cost-effective technologies. ETV seeks to achieve this goal by providing high-quality, peer-reviewed data on technology performance to those involved in the purchase, design, distribution, financing, permitting, and use of environmental technologies. ETV works in partnership with recognized standards and testing organizations, stakeholder groups that consist of buyers, vendor organizations, and permitters, and with the full participation of individual technology developers. The program evaluates the performance of technologies by developing test plans that are responsive to the needs of stakeholders, conducting field or laboratory tests, collecting and analyzing data, and preparing peer-reviewed reports. All evaluations are conducted in accordance with rigorous quality assurance protocols to ensure that data of known and adequate quality are generated and that the results are defensible. The Greenhouse Gas Technology Center (GHG Center), one of six verification organizations under the ETV program, is operated by Southern Research Institute in cooperation with EPA’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory. A technology area of interest to some GHG Center stakeholders is reliable renewable energy sources. The generation of heat and power at industrial, petrochemical, agricultural, and waste-handling facilities with renewable energy sources such as anaerobic digester gas (biogas) or landfill gas is a particular interest. Removal of the harmful components of biogases (primarily hydrogen sulfide and other sulfurous compounds) while minimizing the creation of secondary waste streams and effluents is essential to development of these renewable energy sources. NATCO Group, Inc. (NATCO), located in Houston, Texas, has requested that the GHG Center perform an independent performance verification of the Paques THIOPAQ technology – a gas purification system.