Friday, June 15, 2007
A licensing agreement recently signed by the U.S. Department of Energy and Johnson Matthey, an international specialty-chemicals company, will contribute significantly to the reduction of mercury and other trace elements emitted from coal gasification and coal-fired power plants, while helping to meet ever-stringent clean air regulations.
The agreement between Johnson Matthey and the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) paves the way for the company to demonstrate a mercury-reduction process patented by two NETL researchers and to ultimately commercialize the process. Johnson Matthey plans to demonstrate the process at larger bench- and pilot-scales to the point that it can be commercially sold to utility and related industries.
Details : Scandoil