Fuel Tech, Inc., a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced receipt of multiple air pollution control contracts totaling $2.6 million.
The largest of these orders, which originated in China, represents NOxOUT Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) systems for four circulating fluidized bed combustion units at an industrial plant in Guangzhou City, the capital of Guangdong Province. Equipment deliveries for this project, which is designed to satisfy nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission requirements in anticipation of the upcoming Asian Games, are scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2010.
John F. Norris Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are encouraged to have received our second NOx control order in Guangzhou City, where the Asian Games are scheduled to commence in November 2010. This province affords Fuel Tech additional NOx control opportunities as new environmental regulations have been issued in preparation for the Games, calling for the installation of systems to reduce NOx by as much as 80% by September 30, 2010, with incentives provided for earlier compliance.”
Elsewhere overseas, an order was received for an ULTRA system to be installed on a coal-fired district heating plant in the Lombard region of Italy. This contract represents our second order from this customer. This system will provide the ammonia source for a new SCR system being installed for NOx control. Equipment deliveries are scheduled for the second quarter of 2010. Fuel Tech’s ULTRA process provides for the safe and cost-effective on-site conversion of safe urea reagent for use as reducing reagent in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx, eliminating the hazards associated with the transport, storage and handling of anhydrous or aqueous ammonia.
In addition, a contract was received for a NOxOUT SNCR system for a biomass-based circulating fluidized bed combustor in California. Supplemental equipment orders for previously announced business from a domestic electric utility were also received, as well as an equipment order from a domestic manufacturing company. Lastly, five modeling orders were secured: two from an existing Korean client; one from a Midwestern electric utility; one from a domestic oil refinery; and one from a domestic electric generating station. Often, mapping and modeling initiatives represent the first steps in an investment program and can lead to larger client projects for Fuel Tech.
Separately, Fuel Tech corrected an error in its October 26, 2009 press release, which announced the receipt of orders involving a NOx reduction project on two medium-sized boilers, by stating that the project will only utilize HERT™ High Energy Reagent Technolog systems and will not involve the application of Rich Reagent Injection technology.
