U.C. Davis Beats Emissions Requirements While Boosting Steam Output

摘要

Starting out as the University Farm in 1905, UC Davis has become a research leader in biology, agriculture and environmental science. In 1961, the university started the first environmental toxicology department outside of a medical school. And in 2010, Reuters reported that UC Davis had more papers published in environment/ecology journals over the past five years than any other American research body, beating No. 2 Berkeley by 15 percent. So it's no wonder that when UC Davis needed to boost its steam output to meet campus expansion plans, it set out to meet the lowest possible emissions levels. The university chose a Rentech boiler with a Coen QLN burner and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology from Combustion and Energy Systems Ltd. By doing so, it attained NOx levels of 3 PPM, well below the 5 PPM required by the Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District.