City of Gainesville Power Plant Emissions Control System to Be Supplied by Babcock Power.DANVERS, Mass. -- Babcock Power Inc. (BPI), based in Danvers, MA, announced today that one of its subsidiary companies, Babcock Power Environmental Inc. (BPEI BPEI Bascom Palmer Eye Institute (University of Miami School of Medicine; Florida) ), has been selected by Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU GRU Gainesville Regional Utilities GRU Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravleniye (Soviet Military Int) GRU Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Guarulhos (Airport Code) ) to team with CH2M Hill in a agreement for the engineering, procurement, construction and startup (EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). ) of a new emissions control system for the Deerhaven Unit #2 Power Plant in Gainesville, Florida. The new emissions control system includes a selective catalytic reduction Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a means of removing nitrogen oxides, often the most abundant and polluting component in exhaust gases, through a chemical reaction between the exhaust gases, a (reductant) additive, and a catalyst. (SCR (Sequence Control Register) See program counter. (1)) system, a Turbosorp([R]) Circulating Fluidized Bed dry scrubber, and a Hamon fabric filter. The total project award is nearly $119 million. BPEI's scope includes the design and supply of a single turboreactor vessel, including a solids recirculation Noun 1. recirculation - circulation again circulation - the spread or transmission of something (as news or money) to a wider group or area system, lime hydration hydration /hy·dra·tion/ (hi-dra´shun) the absorption of or combination with water. hy·dra·tion n. 1. The addition of water to a chemical molecule without hydrolysis. 2. unit and a Hamon Pulse Jet Baghouse. This system is designed for a greater than 95% SO2 removal efficiency with low lime consumption. In addition, the contract calls for the design, supply and installation of an SCR system along with a urea to ammonia conversion system The SCR system is designed to achieve 90% NOx removal efficiency with the specified coal. Equipment for this contract will be engineered, designed, and supplied by BPEI and various subcontractors with installation provided by CH2M Hill. The project is scheduled for completion in 2008. Jim Dougherty, President of Babcock Power Environmental, stated that, "We are excited with the opportunity to continue supplying our served markets with leading edge technology products. The Turbosorp([R]) and SCR systems, being supplied to GRU will meet or exceed the new environmental standards at their Deerhaven Power Plant. Our company's leadership position is reaffirmed in the air pollution control market for the power generation industry by being selected over a traditional dry scrubbing technology in a competitive solicitation." Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) is a multi-service utility owned by the City of Gainesville and is the 5th largest municipal electric utility in Florida. Babcock Power Inc., through its subsidiaries, is one of the world's leading suppliers of technology, equipment, and services to the power generation industry. Babcock Power subsidiary companies include; Vogt Power International (Louisville, KY), Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc. (Santa Fe Springs Santa Fe Springs, city (1990 pop. 15,520), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., inc. 1957. The city lies in an oil and natural gas region and has diversified manufacturing. , CA), Babcock Power Environmental, Riley Power Inc. and Babcock Power Services (Worcester, MA), Boiler Tube Company of America (Lyman, SC), and TEi Construction Services, Inc. (Duncan, SC). (1) SCR systems furnished utilize technology under an exclusive license from Balcke-Durr GmbH and from other Babcock Power Inc. proprietary sources. |
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