Construction Completed
on Proprietary Multi-Pollution Control
Facility
Ground-Breaking Process
Reduces Harmful Emissions & Turns
Pollution Into Fertilizer
(CALGARY, AB -
January 6th, 2003) Together with
US Filter and The Babcock & Wilcox
Company (B&W), Airborne Pollution
Control Inc. (Airborne) has completed
construction of an integrated demonstration
facility to showcase its proprietary
and ground-breaking multi-pollutant
control process (the Airborne Process).
The plant, which
is located in Kentucky at LG&E
Energy Corp's Ghent generating facility,
came in 8% below budget and it will
be "commissioned" in the
1st Quarter of 2003 after all of the
piping, electrical and control equipment
is connected.
Before actual flue
gas emissions are treated by the Airborne
Process, each component of the demo
facility will be independently and
then collectively commissioned. Sometime
in the 1st Quarter of 2003 and only
once the Airborne team is satisfied
that the facility is performing to
the desired specifications, a slip
stream from LG&E Energy's coal
burning power plant will be introduced
into the demo facility for processing.
"This
is the most impressive project in
the FGD industry today. I haven't
been so excited by a project in the
20 years that I spent with B&W."
Dennis
Johnson
Director of Technology Development,
Airborne Pollution Control
Airborne Pollution
Control Inc. is a Calgary, Canada
based Private Corporation that has
developed and has exclusive rights
to patents throughout the world for
an advanced pollution control process
(the Airborne Process) for utilities
that generate electrical power from
coal-fired power plants. With over
50% of North America's and over 33%
of the world's electrical power generated
from coal, the Airborne Process addresses
a global concern by removing acid
rain causing sulphur dioxide (SO2)
and sulphur trioxide (SO3), smog producing
nitrogen oxide (NOx) and mercury from
plant emissions. The scrubbing agent
used to remove the pollutants is sodium
bicarbonate. Unlike other scrubbing
procedures, the sodium bicarbonate
is regenerated in the process reducing
operating costs, increasing efficiencies,
reducing waste and most notably, the
Airborne Process turns the sulphur
and nitrogen pollutants into a high-quality
granular fertilizer. The Airborne
Process allows the benefits of coal
to be maximized in an economical and
environmentally responsible manner.
LG&E Energy
Corp., headquartered in Louisville,
Ky., is a diversified energy services
company that is a member of the E.ON
AG (NYSE: EON; Frankfurt: EOA) family
of companies. E.ON is the world's
largest investor owned utility company.
LG&E Energy owns and operates
Louisville Gas and Electric Company,
a regulated electric and gas utility
serving Louisville, Ky., and 16 surrounding
counties and Kentucky Utilities Company,
a regulated electric utility, based
in Lexington, Ky., which serves customers
in 77 Kentucky counties and five counties
in Virginia.
The Babcock
& Wilcox Company (B&W)
has been supplying innovative solutions
to meet the world's growing energy
needs for over 130 years. With power
generation systems and equipment installations
for more than 800 utilities and industries
in over 90 countries, B&W is a
global leader in providing engineering
and construction services.
USFilter's HPD
Systems is a global leader in
evaporation and crystallization technology.
USFilter has annual revenues in excess
of US$4 billion and employs more than
15,000 people. USFilter has partnered
with Airborne to design and build
the equipment necessary for the Airborne
regeneration facility.
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