Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport Selects TODD Combustion Ultra-Low Emission Rapid Mix Burners to Exceed State Emission Requirements.

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SHELTON, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 2001

Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW) and its consultant Carter & Burgess have selected ultra-low emission Rapid Mix Burners(TM) (RMB) from TODD Combustion Group of John Zink Company for installation on four new 33,000 PPH package boilers.

The new boilers and burners were recently purchased from Halgo, Inc., a manufacturer's representative for TODD Combustion products in northeast Texas, who was responsible for promoting this innovative technology for this project.

The ultra-low emission TODD(TM) RMBs will allow the boilers at DFW to exceed State Implementation Plan (SIP) requirements, which call for dramatic reductions in NOx emissions from fired equipment, such as industrial boilers, without the use of expensive back-end cleanup systems. The SIP was established to put Texas in compliance with the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act Amendments.

"We understand the challenge facing our customers right now -- lower emissions without sacrificing the bottom line," said Andy Barrieau, vice president and general manager of TODD Combustion Group of John Zink Company. "We engineer solutions to meet challenges like this through a combination of resources: a wealth of engineering and applications experience in the combustion industry, the most comprehensive R&D Test Center of its kind in the world, and world-class manufacturing capabilities."

The TODD ultra-low emission RMBs reduce NOx to less than 9 ppm, CO to less than 25 ppm and VOCs to less than 3 ppm -- while firing natural gas. The burners selected for installation at DFW will also be equipped with TODD's low-NOx oil atomizers for use in firing liquid jet fuel as a back-up. The RMB can be used on new boilers and as a retrofit on existing units.

TODD Combustion Group of John Zink Company, LLC, is a leading supplier of combustion products, services and technologies serving the heating, power and steam generation, chemical processing, industrial and maritime markets. The group's major business lines include: TODD(TM) low-NOx burners, comprised of the RMB(TM), Variflame(TM), and Dynaswirl-LN(TM); COOL Technologies(TM), a family of ultra low-NOx processes, including COOLfuel(TM), COOLkits(TM) and COOLspray(TM) used on fired equipment to attain the lowest possible NOx while enhancing total combustion performance; and COOLflow(TM) modeling, which incorporates Computational Fluid Dynamics and physical modeling to analyze and improve airflow and combustion reactions in burner systems.

John Zink Company, a part of the Chemical Technology Group of Koch Industries, Inc., is the industry leader in developing advanced combustion systems and next-generation technologies that deliver superior environmental performance to markets worldwide.