ECO^® Commercial Installations

FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Plant near Shadyside, Ohio

50-MW ECO Unit at FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Plant

FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Plant - 50-MW ECO Unit
In January 2004, Powerspan commenced operation of the 50-megawatt (MW) ECO (Electro-Catalytic Oxidation) unit at FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Plant in Shadyside, Ohio. In March 2005, Powerspan initiated a 180-day performance and reliability test, which was successfully completed in September 2005. The unit met commercial performance objectives and demonstrated the capability to control outlet emissions to best available control technology standards. The ECO unit remains in operation at the Burger Plant.

The ECO project was jointly funded by Powerspan, FirstEnergy, and the Ohio Coal Development Office/Ohio Air Quality Development Authority. In addition to Powerspan, the project team includes the following companies:

• FirstEnergy—site, all plant connections, and utility services.
• Wheelabrator Air Pollution Control Inc.-a Siemens Company—design of scrubbing tower and overall system design, procurement, and construction management.
• Fluor Power—specialized services, such as schedule review, commissioning, and rigging consulting.
• The Andersons, Inc.—fertilizer co-product removal, marketing, and sales.

Key features of the system are:

• 110,000 scfm (50-MW) slipstream from 156-MW front wall boiler
• Positioned downstream of the dry electrostatic precipitator (ESP)
• Stand-alone tower design with integrated wet ESP
• Designed and constructed to utility standards
• Processes flue gas from high sulfur, Ohio coal
• PLC controlled and fully compatible with the plant's control system
• Separate input and output CEMS (NOx, SOx, Hg, NH3, opacity, hydrocarbons)
• Ability to meter and record incoming power

FirstEnergy's R.E. Burger Plant is located on a 100-acre site on the Ohio River near Shadyside, Ohio. Its two coal-fired units, one coal-fired turbine peaking unit, and three oil-fired peaking units produce 413 MW of electricity, enough to serve approximately 300,000 homes. The plant's generating units use electrostatic precipitators, which remove more than 99% of the particulate matter from the flue gas. The units also employ low-NOx burners.