With the ever-increasing impacts of climate change and pollution regulations, the need for technologies to control emissions and mitigate environmental damage is growing exponentially. Fuel Tech is at the forefront of developing technologies that support our customers in meeting their statutory emissions obligations efficiently and cost-effectively, while helping to optimize plant processes.
Over 40 years innovating for a sustainable future
Fuel Tech has a long history of developing and deploying state-of-the-art technologies that empower our customers to operate in a more cost-effective, efficient and sustainable manner.
Our employees’ expert knowledge is our greatest strength
Fuel Tech’s workforce is highly educated, with over a quarter of employees holding advanced qualifications – masters degrees and doctorates. In addition to engineering expertise, we have a unique understanding of complex chemistries and flow dynamics processes. Our Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling techniques are recognized industry-wide and utilize experimental modelling of systems to find process solutions. This capability is further enhanced by our high-end visualization software that was developed in-house, to predict processes and outcomes in even the most challenging of environments.
Ensuring optimal outcomes for our customers
Using our advanced modelling abilities, we can tailor technology solutions to optimize outcomes for our customers. We also offer a suite of services to provide ongoing support and maintenance to our customers, to maintain and optimize the performance of technologies.
Over the last 40 years, Fuel Tech has been privileged to work with prestigious clients on some of the most exciting innovations in the sustainability market. Our technical engineering excellence, combined with an innovative culture, has enabled us to provide practical solutions to a wide range of challenges. Contact us if you would like to discuss how our technologies could help optimize your processes or find solutions to meet statutory regulatory targets.
Fuel Tech Technologies
Air pollution control
Fuel Tech is a global leader in air pollution control, with over 1,300 installations worldwide where coal, fuel oil, natural gas, municipal waste, biomass and other fuel and waste streams are processed. Our post-combustion nitrogen oxide (NOx) reduction technologies include NOxOUT® and HERT™ Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) and Rich Reagent Injection (RRI) systems, along with ASCR® Advanced Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) and Industrial SCR systems. These technologies can be combined as part of an I-NOX® Integrated NOx Control system.
For particulate control, Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) technologies can be applied in both rebuild and retrofit installations to ensure regulatory compliance. In addition, Flue Gas Conditioning (FGC) technology can modify fly ash properties for collection by ESPs using sulfur trioxide and ammonia reagent systems. Our ULTRA® ammonia generation process technology uses safe urea reagent to generate ammonia onsite for SCR and FGC applications.
Water treatment technologies
Fuel Tech’s DGI® Dissolved Gas Infusion technology is an innovative alternative to current aeration technologies. DGI uses two key technologies in combination to ensure optimal gas delivery to target water and wastewater process applications: a patented next generation pressurized saturator for gas transfer to a slipstream of water; and a patent-pending delivery system to distribute an oxygenated slipstream of water that virtually eliminates gas loss from the targeted reservoir.
DGI benefits include precise control of dissolved oxygen levels, extension of plant capacity without major expansion or capital outlay, minimization of in-basin connections and maintenance, odor reduction, and minimization of bubble formation. This superior oxygen transfer technology has applications in aquaculture, pulp and paper, food and beverage, landfill leachate, chemical and petrochemical, water and wastewater treatment, agriculture and irrigation, and reservoirs and natural waters.
Our Redox additives help mitigate mercury, arsenic and selenium from utility plant wastewater where wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) scrubber technologies are used for air pollution control.
Chemical Technologies
The company’s TIFI® Targeted In-Furnace Injection™ technology utilizes custom-designed chemical injection and dosing programs that prevent slag build-up and corrosion in boilers and furnaces. TIFI uses fluid dynamics modelling coupled with virtual reality simulations to predict the precise trajectory of injected chemicals. This helps ensure as close to 100% coverage of the targeted zones as possible.
Chemical dosing using TIFI improves the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units. These programs control slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and the formation of sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate (ABS), particulate matter (PM2.5), as well as carbon dioxide (CO2). This technology is applied to units where coal, heavy oil, biomass, and municipal waste are processed.
Services and capabilities
We also offer a range of services, including boiler testing and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) management, which includes ammonia injection grid tuning and SCR system trouble shooting. This is in addition to deployment of flow corrective devices such as static mixers and our GSG™ Graduated Straightening Grid to help optimize flue gas distribution and mixing in both power plant and industrial applications.