ADA Environmental Solutions




Mercury Control Technology
THE LEADER IN MERCURY CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
ADA Environmental Solutions (ADA-ES) has been measuring and controlling mercury at coal-fired power plants for more than a decade. We offer technologies, products, and services to help our clients meet near- and long-term mercury control objectives and can help integrate them with their other pollution control strategies.

ADA has advanced the use of activated carbon sorbents for mercury control in coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers and cement kilns. This technology is now recognized as the most cost-efficient and effective control technology for most coal-fired power and production applications.

Regardless of what your company’s mercury control needs are, ADA can provide the expertise, products, and services to help you meet emissions regulations. We are so confident in our experience and application of mercury control techniques that we offer Mercury Emissions Control Guarantees with our control systems.


OUR EXPERIENCE IN MERCURY CONTROL
Our experience has been developed through managing more than fifty full-scale mercury control projects that have been co-funded by the Department of Energy (DOE/NETL), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and numerous electric utilities, industrial facilities and cement kilns. The overall objective of these projects was to test mercury control techniques on a wide variety of coal-fired facilities air pollution control configurations and on a variety of coal types.

Through research, development, and testing, ADA expanded our knowledge base, enabling us to offer coal-fired facilities with a complete array of mercury control products and services unmatched by any other company in the emissions control industry. No matter what the mercury control needs are for your facility, ADA can provide a solution.


AREAS OF MERCURY EXPERTISE

Mercury Control Demonstrations, Optimizations and Testing Services
ADA Environmental Solutions (ADA-ES) can help your facility run a test program to measure mercury emissions, test control technologies and plan control strategies. We offer the following services:
  • Demonstrate activated carbon injection as a viable control option for your power plant, cement kiln or industrial boiler
  • Characterize sorbent effectiveness
  • Project economics for control levels and on-going compliance
  • Optimize sorbent usage to reduce control costs
  • Evaluate control improvements and alternatives
  • Full-scale demonstrations of alternative mercury control technologies
  • Our test and demonstrations use accurate and reliable equipment:
  • Field-proven portable testing equipment
  • Portable carbon injection equipment
  • Compliance-grade mercury CEMs and STM traps

Activated Carbon Injection Systems
  • Fully integrated activated carbon storage and injection systems
  • Experienced staff provides project management, scheduling, engineering, and design
  • In-house CFD flow modeling of ducts for optimum carbon distribution
  • Standardized design for the most cost-effective control
  • Customized systems to meet individual plant specifications
  • Installation and start-up assistance
  • Optimization of injection systems

Powdered Activated Carbon Sorbent Supply
  • ADA has formed a joint venture company to produce activated carbon sorbents specifically for use in mercury control applications. Please visit ADA Carbon Solutions for more information.

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