ADA Environmental Solutions has been involved with mercury measurement and control technology development since the early 1990s. We provide utilities, industrial facilities and cement kilns with an unmatched depth of knowledge to help them with mercury emissions studies, selection of control options, and implementation of control systems.
ADA has performed more than sixty mercury control demonstrations at coal-fired facilities within the United States and Canada. The objectives of every demonstration project are the same: acquire accurate data, optimize parameters affecting control efficiency, and minimize predicted operation expenses.
Many coal types and unit configurations have been analyzed providing ADA with the industry’s most comprehensive database of information to assess applicable mercury control solutions. As a result of this experience, ADA offers unique capabilities composed of:
- Expertise in designing and performing mercury control studies
- Expertise in continuous mercury monitoring system design, development, deployment, and operation
- Adherence to very strict quality assurance and quality control measures for data collection
- Expertise in the design, fabrication, and operation of activated carbon injection systems and equipment
- In-house electrostatic precipitator and fabric filter design engineering and operational experience
No matter what stage of the planning process you are in, ADA can provide the expertise and skills to get you the facts needed to finalize control plans with confidence. Our monitoring data Quality Assurance/Quality Control procedures are second to none and are an important part of the mercury control test programs we manage for our customers. Because our name will be associated with the results of a mercury control program, we apply extremely detailed test protocols and define strict data quality standards for all of our instruments, equipment, and procedures, to insure our customers receive accurate and reliable data they can use with confidence.
ADA has been retained by many facilities to help them understand their plant and portfolio emissions and to evaluate the potential control options applicable prior to making final decisions on mercury control plans. We offer a comprehensive set of services designed to provide our customers with accurate and reliable test data that they can use to make important long-term capital and operating expense decisions.
- Measure and monitor baseline mercury emissions
- Verify mercury speciation
- Verify native capture of mercury with current control systems
- Evaluate mercury control with other multi-pollutant control strategies
- Project economics for control levels and on-going compliance costs
- Optimize sorbent usage to reduce control costs
- Characterize sorbent effectiveness
- Evaluate control improvements and alternatives
- Evaluate mercury control with other multi-pollutant control strategies
- Cost benefit analyses for one plant or a fleet
- Demonstrate activated carbon injection as a viable control option at your power plant, cement kiln or industrial boiler
- Characterize sorbents for effectiveness
- Project economics for control levels and on-going compliance costs
- Field proven testing equipment
- Portable activated carbon injection equipment
- Compliance grade mercury CEMs
- Alternative control technology evaluations
- Cost-benefit analyses for one plant or a fleet
- Assess balance of plant effects of emissions control equipment
- TOXECON™ carbon injection experience
- TOXECON II™ development studies and testing
- Activated carbon enhancement through a patented milling process
- Sorbent testing and analysis
- Alternative control technology evaluations