The recent California power crisis forced many power generation companies to achieve high capacity levels from power plants with equipment up to 50 years old. Unfortunately, California's restrictive air permits also challenged many generators to maintain total annual emissions at the previous year's levels. Furthermore, equipment life forecasts showed uncertain viability for older units, thus creating risks for any capital expenditures that might be required. El Segundo Power, LLC awarded John Zink Company, LLC and Source California a contract to evaluate ways of reducing emissions from Units 1 and 2 at the El Segundo power station. Although the mandate was to reduce emission levels with as little capital investment as possible, time was still of the essence. The team set two goals: ·Decrease NO{sub}x emissions by at least 12 percent without any increase in CO or loss of generating capacity. ·Improve overall performance.
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