Air Pollution Controls - Progress Energy Cape Fear (1900063)
Last Update: 05/19/06 ----- 01057T26/FRO ----- EPA | DAQ | EPA-TTN
Air Pollution Controls
| Source ID |
Source Description |
Control ID |
Control Description |
| Unit 5 Boiler |
one coal/On-Specification Used No. 2 Fuel Oil/natural gas*-fired utility boiler (1450 million Btu per hour nominally rated heat input) equipped with a “Mobotec Rotating Over Fire Air System”** and a Rotamix ammonia/urea injection system** for NOX reduction |
Unit 5 ESP |
one electrostatic precipitator (Environmental Elements Corporation cold-side model) |
| Unit 6 Boiler (PSD) |
one coal/On-Specification Used No. 2 Fuel Oil/natural gas*-fired utility boiler (1851 million Btu per hour nominally rated heat input) equipped with a low-NOx burner system*, a “Mobotec Rotating Over Fire Air System”** and a Rotamix ammonia/urea injection system** for NOX reduction |
Unit 6 ESP |
one electrostatic precipitator (Research Cottrell cold-side model) equipped with a sulfur trioxide flue gas conditioning system* |
In addition, four No. 2 fuel oil/natural gas*-fired internal combustion turbines (270 million Btu per hour nominally rated heat input each) each with heat recovery/steam production.
Current/Planned Controls per Clean Smokestacks Act
| Facility |
Rating (MW) |
Existing ESP |
PostComb. NOx/Tech. |
Operation Year |
FGD/SO2 Tech. |
Operation Year |
| Cape Fear |
320 |
Cold (5,6) |
ROFA/NH3 (5,6) |
---- |
Wet(5,6) |
2011-2012 |
For the above table, the number in parenthesis identifies the boiler unit(s) equipped with the corresponding emission control technology. Projections supplied by Progress Energy.
Mercury (Hg) Emission Allocations
| Facility |
Unit |
2010-2017 (oz.) |
2018-Later (oz.) |
| Progress Energy Cape Fear |
5 |
366 |
144 |
| Progress Energy Cape Fear |
6 |
430 |
170 |