Fuel Tech, Inc. announced the receipt of multiple air pollution control (APC) contracts from customers in India, South Africa, the US, and China. These awards have an aggregate value of approximately $5.3 million. A contract was received for two Flue Gas Conditioning (FGC) systems for large coal-fired boilers in India.

The company scope includes the engineering design, supply of key components and startup support for the FGC project. Fuel Tech is working with a local project partner in India who is supplying the basic equipment and providing the installation scope for the project. FGC technology uses sulfur trioxide as a conditioning reagent to improve the efficiency of electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), which are used to capture fly ash particulate from coal-fired boilers.

FGC systems provide a low capital cost approach to improving particulate capture by maximizing the collection efficiency of new or existing ESPs to meet regulatory requirements for particulate and opacity levels, and are an attractive alternative to fabric filter technology. Equipment deliveries are expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2023, with project startup expected in the second quarter of 2023. An order was received for an ESP upgrade on a large coal-fired utility boiler in South Africa to reduce particulate emissions.

This contract includes the engineering design for the overall ESP upgrade and key equipment components for the project, along with startup and optimization services. Fuel Tech is working with a local project partner in South Africa who is supplying the ESP components and providing the installation scope for the project. The engineering phase will be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2022.

Installation and startup are scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2022.