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QUINN GLASS COMMISSION'S SCR PLANT
The QUINN glass plant at Elton recently installed and commissioned an SCR [Selective Catalytic Reduction] unit while in full operation and without any interruption to the output of the two furnaces at the facility. The SCR was commissioned very quickly thanks to the hard work put in at the planning and design stage by the Quinn Project team and the supplier of the SCR unit. The SCR unit was required to reduce the Nox emissions from the plant to below a government specified level.
A 'MCERTs' rated stack test company was on hand to record the readings for Nox and ammonia from the stack, on what is now the only SCR unit in operation at any glass plant in the UK. The readings recorded for Nox and ammonia have met the levels laid down by the UK government and the introduction of this SCR unit has created alot of interest from other proactive glass manufacturers keen to met their future compliance with environmental legislation regarding the control of Nox emissions from existing plants.
The basic's of the SCR unit are simple with the key elements being aqueous ammonia [the reacting agent] and titanium oxide [the catalyst]. The ammonia is injected into the SCR unit along with the waste flue gas from the furnaces. The ammonia reduces the amount of Nox in the flue gas in the presence of the catalyst to a level that is currently unachievable by any other comparable glass plant in the UK
This SCR Nox control technique is now proven technology in the UK and will set the example for other UK glass producers to follow for many years to come in a world where compliance with ever increasing environmental legislation is a pre-requisite for long term successful business planning.
