In This Section

• Mercury Emission Control
• Mercury Regulation
• Mercury Removal
• Amended Silicates Technology
• Fly Ash Value Preservation
• Superior Handling Characteristics
• Amended Silicates vs PAC

Mercury Regulation

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), power plants in the U.S. emit nearly 50 tons of mercury per year. The EPA is currently developing regulations to be put in place by late 2011 for limiting emissions of mercury and other toxic substances from all US coal-fired power plants.

Today, over 20 states have enacted some form of mercury emission regulation that caps mercury emissions from coal-fired utility boilers.

Amended Silicates offers utilities an effective, environmentally friendly and economically responsible method for complying with existing state and pending federal mercury emissions regulations. As a ‘drop-in’ replacement for powdered activated carbon, the benefits of employing Amended Silicates for mercury emission control can be obtained at a cost that is competitive with Activated Carbon Injection (ACI).