Emergency scrubber heads off potential NOx releases at plastics plant
Journal Article
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· Environmental Solutions
OSTI ID:78146
Various industrial processes generate nitrogen oxide emissions. NOx is produced by most types of combustion equipment and is a by-product of many metal treatment processes. Chemical nitration processes, such as refining and metals reclamation, also can produce high levels of NOx. Although emissions-reduction systems can be complex and expensive, General Electric Co.`s plastics manufacturing plant in Mount Vernon, Ind., has implemented a cost-effective method for controlling NOx emissions. The emergency scrubber is an adaptation of a continuous-duty NOx scrubber the company has manufactured since 1979. The emergency unit can treat 66,000 cubic feet per minute of air containing 9,600 parts-per-million nitric acid vapors and 1,100 ppm nitrogen dioxide for one hour.
- OSTI ID:
- 78146
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Solutions, Journal Name: Environmental Solutions Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 8; ISSN ESOLE7; ISSN 1077-2537
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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