Technical Article Writing & Public Relations for the Power Industry

Circulating Fluidized Bed Scrubber vs Spray Dryer Absorber

As a power industry marketing firm Krishnan & Associates develops specialized technical and commercial content for our power industry clients. Here is an example of an article that we wrote and published for our client in the power industry.

Power Engineering Int’l | July 2015 | Amec Foster Wheeler 

Many utilities are under pressure to add flue gas desulphurization to their coal-fired units in response to more stringent air emissions regulations. Matthew Fischer and Greg Darling sort out the difference between state-of-the-art circulating fluidized bed scrubbers and the latest advanced spray dryer absorber designs.

Converging US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards for decreasing mercury, metals, acid gases, organic compounds, SO2, NOx, and particulates have increased pressure on coal-fired power plants to reduce a range of pollutants swiftly. According to the EPA, its Cross-State Air Pollution Regulation (CSAPR) alone requires over 3000 units at over 1000 plants in 28 states to decrease emissions that cross state lines and contribute to ground-level ozone and fine particle pollution.

CSPAR Phase 1 compliance begins this year, while the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) and Regional Haze (RH) reduction programs are ongoing.