Wednesday February 9, 12:56 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
EMR Microwave Announces Process
For Treatment of Flyash
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000-- (CDNX:EMW - news)
EMR Microwave Technology Corporation announces that it has developed a process for removing residual organic carbon from thermal plant grade flyash. The resulting carbon depleted flyash is a high-value product with widespread application in the production of cement.
Residual carbon in flyash is the result of incomplete combustion within the burner known as Loss of Ignition (LOI); this arises from operating the burner at reduced temperature to control nitrous oxide
(NOX) emission.
Flyash is an extremely valuable additive to cement, resulting in greatly improved performance characteristics. These benefits, however, are diminished by the presence of residual carbon with the
direct result that the commercial value of flyash in the cement industry increases dramatically with carbon reduction, particularly if carbon content can be reduced below approximately 3%. Annual
production of dry flyash from United States coal combustion amounts to 44.9 million tons per year, of which 9.7 million tons per year is used directly in cement/concrete/grout applications (American
Coal Ash Association, 1998).
EMR's proprietary microwave process combusts the residual organic carbon, producing a calcine flyash which is relatively carbon free. In a recent pre-pilot test program, flyash from a utility coal generating plant was treated to reduce the LOI from 14% to less than 1%. The Company is now planning a pilot demonstration of this process in conjunction with an industrial partner and its marketing partner, Bateman Engineering.
EMR Microwave Technology Corporation is a process technology company dedicated to providing applications for the resource industries using proprietary microwave systems. The company's head office, analytical labs, and pilot plant are located in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
THE CANADIAN VENTURE EXCHANGE HAS NEITHER APPROVED NOR
DISAPPROVED OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.
Contact:
J. Brian Neill
EMR Microwave Technology Corporation,
506/444-8704 or 888/561-3671 (Toll-free)
Fax: 506/459-4345
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