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NRG Texas LP
Year Submitted: 2006 |
Process: Burner modification |
Industry: Energy Production |
Wastes Reduced: NOx |
Location: Houston TX |
No. of employees: 1200 |
Contact: Craig Eckberg |
Phone: 713/795-6208 |
Description:
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Details of Reductions
- 20,000.0 - Tons of
NOx
Comments: The new burners and Over-fire Air (OFA) ports reduced the Units NOx emissions from 0.35 lbs/mmBtu to approximately 0.16 lbs/mmBtu. Units 7 and 8 were retrofit with TFS 2000 firing systems from Alstom. The TFS 2000 system consists of state-of-the-art LNB, close-coupled OFA ports, and two rows of separated OFA ports, which reduced the NOx emissions of Units 7 and 8 from 0.40 lbs/mmBtu to approximately 0.15 lbs/mmBtu.
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