Air Pollution Controls - Progress Energy Lee (9600017)
Last Update: 05/14/06 ----- 01812T28/FRO ----- EPA | DAQ | EPA-TTN
Air Pollution Controls
| Source ID |
Source Description |
Control ID |
Control Description |
| Unit 1 Boiler |
one coal/No. 2 fuel oil/On-Specification Used No. 2 Fuel Oil-fired electric utility boiler (901 million Btu per hour nominally rated heat input) equipped with “WIR” NOX reduction technology --- “WIR” NOX reduction technology involves altered burner firing pattern and flue gas recirculation |
Unit 1 ESP |
one electrostatic precipitator (Research Cottrell cold-side model) equipped with a sulfur trioxide flue gas conditioning system |
| Unit 2 Boiler (PSD) |
one coal/No. 2 fuel oil/On-Specification Used No. 2 Fuel Oil-fired electric utility boiler (1062 million Btu per hour nominally rated heat input) equipped with a low-NOX burner system |
Unit 2 ESP |
one electrostatic precipitator (GE-Buell hot-side model) |
| Unit 3 Boiler |
one coal/No. 2 fuel oil/On-Specification Used No. 2 Fuel Oil/waste solvents-fired electric utility boiler (2567 million Btu per hour nominally rated heat input) equipped with a low-NOX burner system |
Unit 3 ESP |
one electrostatic precipitator (Research Cottrell cold-side model) equipped with a sulfur trioxide flue gas conditioning system |
Current/Planned Controls per Clean Smokestacks Act
| Facility |
Rating (MW) |
Existing ESP |
PostComb. NOx/Tech. |
Operation Year |
FGD/SO2 Tech. |
Operation Year |
| Prog.Energy Lee |
410 |
Cold(1,3) Hot(2) |
ROFA(2) SCR(3) |
2007, 2010 |
None |
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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 Lee |
1 |
202 |
80 |
| Progress Energy Lee |
2 |
199 |
79 |
| Progress Energy Lee |
3 |
641 |
253 |
(Link to Hg Controls Performance)