ash monitoring News
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Volcanic ash study could help keep planes in the skies
A study on ash blasted from volcanoes is a first step towards accurately assessing where it is safe to fly during eruptions, according to the authors. The researchers found that the ash grains ejected into the atmosphere have diverse shapes and properties. They also learned that big grains can travel further than was previously estimated. All this could improve existing models of ash ...
By SciDev.Net
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Metso to convert coal boiler to biomass-fired boiler for Dalkia in Poland
Metso Corporation's press release on September 23, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. local time Metso will convert a pulverized coal boiler to a biomass-fired boiler for Dalkia Łódź S. A. in Poland, raising renewable energy production for Dalkia's plant in Łódź. Total value of the order is over EUR 15 million. The order is included in Energy and Environmental Technology's Q3 orders received. The conversion of ...
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EPA sets first national standard for coal waste
The Obama administration on Friday set the first national standards for waste generated from coal burned for electricity, treating it more like household garbage rather than a hazardous material. Environmentalists had pushed for the hazardous classification, citing the hundreds of cases nationwide in which coal ash waste had tainted waterways or underground aquifers, in many cases legally. A ...
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New Mercury Analyzer for Coal-Fired Power Generators
Teledyne Leeman Labs, a leading manufacturer of analytical instrumentation for elemental analysis, announces the release the Hydra-C Mercury Appendix K Analyzer, customized for the analytical demands of the coal-fired power industry. Coal-fired power plants introduce more mercury into the environment than any other man made resource. Environmental concerns have led these utilities to monitor ...
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Emission rules tighten for medical waste incinerators
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new limits on air emissions will affect most existing hospital, medical, and infectious waste incinerators (HMIWI). This final action will reduce about 390,000 pounds of several pollutants each year including acid gases, nitrogen oxides, and metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury. The agency also is finalizing additional testing, monitoring, and ...
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Discover the Rapid 1000 High Capacity Agricultural Incinerator
Having over 35 years of experience manufacturing the most efficient and hard working incinerators in the world it is safe to say that we know what makes the right machine for you. Our Agricultural range has solutions for every farm size from our compact Mini-AB all the way up to our High Capacity range including the mammoth Rapid 1000. The Rapid 1000 is one of the largest standard incinerators ...
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Metso to convert coal fired boiler to biomass fired boiler for EC Tychy S.A. in Poland
Metso Corporation's press release on April 21, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. local time Metso will convert a coal fired CFB boiler to a biomass fired boiler for Elektrocieplownia Tychy S. A. in southern Poland. The total value of the order is approximately 20 million EUR. The conversion of the coal fired boiler to a biomass boiler is part of EC Tychy S. A.'s production capacity reconstruction program. It ...
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Portland Community College Partners with ClearEdge Power to Support Environmental Sustainability Practices
ClearEdge Power, a manufacturer of scalable, continuous onsite power systems, today announced that Portland Community College (PCC) has chosen two ClearEdge5 fuel cell systems to advance its energy efficiency, sustainability and educational goals. PCC aims to use the ClearEdge5 systems to help reduce its emissions by 37 percent. Supported by the U.S. Department of ...
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