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12/11/2006 |
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STEAG LLC Expands Services To Include Catalyst Regeneration |
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Kings Mountain, NC: STEAG LLC announced they are expanding the services they offer to SCR owners and operators to include catalyst cleaning, rejuvenation and regeneration. In 1997, STEAG’s parent in Germany, STEAG AG, which operates 24 SCRs, developed a process to refurbish catalyst deactivated by burning bituminous coals and various secondary fuels and restore the catalyst to its original activity level. STEAG AG has successfully regenerated various types of catalyst for their own fleet and is now offering the same service to the North American utility market through their wholly owned subsidiary, STEAG LLC located in North Carolina.
In making the announcement, Hans Hartenstein, president of STEAG LLC stated, “Since 1992 STEAG has provided engineering and consulting services to North American power producers. We are very pleased to be able to provide our North American customers now with catalyst regeneration services to further assist them in their goals of meeting NOx emission limits while keeping down their operating and maintenance costs.
“Our experience has shown that regenerated catalyst costs only about half of the cost of new catalyst and we have found there is no difference in the deactivation rate between new and regenerated catalyst. This allows us to fully make use of the extensive knowledge and experience gained within our own SCR fleet during the last 10 years to greatly benefit the North American SCR users” stated Ralf Gilgen, president of STEAG encotec GmbH, the engineering, consulting and technical division of STEAG AG.
Mr. Hartenstein also stated, “We are pleased to announce that STEAG has signed our first contract and will regenerate 144 modules (310m3) of catalyst for the 675 MW coal-fired AES Somerset plant, located in Barker, NY.” Kevin Pierce, Plant Manager at AES Somerset stated, “We are pleased to be the first to sign a catalyst regeneration contract with STEAG. Previous work done by STEAG has been of the highest quality and we look forward to a long relationship.”
STEAG LLC recently moved into its new North American corporate headquarters in Kings Mountain, North Carolina about 30 miles west of Charlotte, N.C.. Startup of the regeneration facility is scheduled for the second quarter of 2007. STEAG’s new facility of more than 100,000 sq. ft. includes a two-story production area, catalyst storage area, an on-site quality assurance and quality control testing lab, and office space. Additional warehouse space is also available for future expansion.
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Contact
Linda Licata
STEAG LLC
Phone: 704-588-7657
Cell: 914-672-3834
E-mail: LLicata@STEAGllc.com
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