Fuel Tech Inc Company Profile

We are a leading technology company engaged in the worldwide development, commercialization and application of state-of-the-art proprietary technologies for air pollution control, process optimization, combustion efficiency and advanced engineering services. These technologies enable our customers to operate efficiently in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner. We operate as a fully integrated company with a capital projects business to leverage our Air Pollution Control (APC) technologies and a specialty chemicals business which builds upon our proprietary FUEL CHEM® processes. Both segments rely heavily on our unique ability to inject chemical slurries into combustion units, in precise concentrations and locations, to achieve a desired outcome.

Our APC technologies include advanced combustion modification techniques including low NOx burners and over fire air systems, along with post-combustion nitrogen oxide (NOx) control approaches, including NOxOUT® and HERT™ Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR), Advanced Selective Catalytic Reduction (ASCR) system and I-NOxTM Integrated NOx Reduction Systems, which utilize various combined proprietary technologies to provide a cost effective alternative to high capital cost, standalone conventional SCR systems. Our patented ULTRA™ system generates ammonia on-site for SCR systems using safe urea reagent. Our SCR group provides process design optimization, performance testing and improvement, and catalyst selection services for SCR systems on coal-fired boilers. These technologies have established us as a leader in NOx reduction, with installations on over 1,000 units worldwide, where coal, fuel oil, natural gas, municipal waste, biomass, and other fuels are utilized. Our technologies for particulate control include Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) products and services including ESP inspection services, performance modeling, and performance and efficiency upgrades, along with complete turnkey capability for ESP retrofits, with more than 60 major rebuilds on units up to 700 MW. Our flue gas conditioning (FGC) systems involve sulfur trioxide (SO3) and ammonia (NH3) conditioning to improve the performance of ESPs by modifying the properties of the fly ash particle. FGC systems offer a lower capital cost approach to improving ash particulate capture versus the alternative of installing larger ESPs or utilizing fabric filter technology to meet targeted emissions and opacity limits. Our particulate control technologies have been installed on more than 125 units worldwide.

APC technology service offerings include a range of combustion optimization services, including airflow testing, coal flow testing and boiler tuning, as well as services to help optimize SCR system performance, including catalyst management services and ammonia injection grid tuning. In addition, flow corrective devices and physical and computational modeling services are available to optimize flue gas distribution and mixing in both power plant and industrial applications.

Our FUEL CHEM technologies revolve around the unique application of chemical injection programs which improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and acid plume, as well as the formation of sulfur trioxide (SO3), ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter (PM2.5), and carbon dioxide (CO2). We use our patented TIFI® Targeted In-Furnace Injection™ processes to apply specialty chemical programs to units burning a wide variety of fuels including coal, heavy oil, biomass, and municipal waste. These TIFI programs incorporate design, modeling, equipment, reagent, and service to provide complete customized on-site programs designed to improve plant operations and provide a return on investment in addition to helping meet emission regulatory requirements.

Many of our products and services rely heavily on our computational fluid dynamics and chemical kinetics modeling capabilities, which are enhanced by internally developed, high-end visualization software. These capabilities, coupled with our innovative technologies and multi-disciplined team approach, enable us to provide practical solutions to some of our customers most challenging issues.