Catalytic Thermal Oxidizer for the Emission Controls for Chemical Processing of Ethylene Oxide

Catalytic Thermal Oxidizer for the Emission Controls for Chemical Processing of Ethylene Oxide

The Challenge

As part of a major plant expansion, a global specialty chemical producer approached Epcon to provide a cost-effective solution to effectively treat Ethylene and Ethylene Oxide emissions from their new processes. Equally as important to meeting the performance requirements was the ability to meet the tight turn-around timeline for this facility located in the Mid-Atlantic region.

The Solution

Working together with the plant engineers, Epcon’s experts proposed a compact and energy efficient Catalytic Thermal Oxidizer (CTO).  Leveraging Epcon’s decades of experience with Thermal Oxidation the team designed a compact L-Shaped CTO with propriety process stream, dilution and combustion air inlets, which deliverd the guaranteed destruction removal efficiency (DRE) of 99% to comply with Federal Regulations, Title 40 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

Completing preliminary start-up and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) at Epcon’s Factory insured that the system could be installed, started-up and commissioned in the shortest possible time window. X`

The Results

The system arrived at site in sync with the customer’s aggressive turn-around plan and kept the operations in compliance with out any fees or downtime.

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