Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $4.8 Million

March 11, 2015 | By Business Wire News

WARRENVILLE, Ill.

Fuel Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTEK), a world leader in advanced engineering solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control in utility and industrial applications, today announced the receipt of multiple air pollution control (APC) contracts from customers in the US and China. These awards have an aggregate value of approximately $4.8 million.

The first US order is for a NO_xOUT^® Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) system for a coal-fired boiler at a Western power generation facility to meet its emission requirements under the Clean Air Act Regional Haze program. Delivery is scheduled for second quarter of 2016. The second US order is for an Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) retrofit on an industrial boiler in the Southeast where the scope includes ESP upgrades and refurbishment to improve the safety and reliability of the unit. The turnkey project is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2015. In addition, there were several contracts for engineering and modeling studies, along with orders for SNCR and SCR optimization services.

In China, an order was received for ULTRA™ systems that will be installed at several municipal solid waste units being retrofitted with nitrogen oxide (NO_x) reduction technology. Fuel Tech’s ULTRA process provides for the safe and cost-effective on-site conversion of urea to ammonia for use as a reagent in the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO_x, eliminating the hazards associated with the transport, storage and handling of anhydrous or aqueous ammonia. Equipment deliveries are expected to occur in the second quarter of 2015.

Douglas G. Bailey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “These orders reflect the breadth of Fuel Tech’s service and solutions portfolio for the distinct global markets and the wide range of combustion units and fuels used by our customers. Fuel Tech’s solutions continue to assist plant operators throughout the US to create strategies to meet upcoming particulate regulations under the MATS Rule for utility boilers or under the Boiler Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) Rule for industrial boilers. Our SNCR technology continues to provide a low-cost capital solution for NO_x reduction to customers worldwide as they comply with ever tightening regulations. In addition, our ULTRA technology offers a cost-effective solution for simplifying on-site ammonia generation for SCR applications of all types.”

About Fuel Tech

Fuel Tech is 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, and advanced engineering services. These technologies enable customers to produce both energy and processed materials in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner.

The Company’s nitrogen oxide (NO_x) reduction technologies include advanced combustion modification techniques – such as Low NO_x Burners and Over-Fire Air systems – and post-combustion NO_x control approaches, including NO_xOUT^®and HERT™ SNCR systems, ASCR™ Advanced Selective Catalytic Reduction systems, NO_xOUT-SCR^®, NO_xOUT CASCADE^®, and I-NO_x™ Integrated NO_x Reduction Systems, which utilize various combinations of these systems, along with the ULTRA™ process for safe ammonia generation. These technologies have established Fuel Tech as a leader in NO_x reduction, with installations on over 800 units worldwide, where coal, fuel oil, natural gas, municipal waste, biomass and other fuels are utilized.

Fuel Tech’s technologies for particulate control include Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) products and services include ESP Inspection Services, Performance Modeling, Performance and Efficiency Upgrades, along with complete turnkey capability for ESP retrofits, with more than 60 major rebuilds on units up to 700 MW. Flue gas conditioning (FGC) systems include treatment using sulfur trioxide (SO₃) and ammonia (NH₃) based 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. Fuel Tech’s particulate control technologies have been installed on more than 125 units worldwide.

The Company’s FUEL CHEM^® technology revolves around the unique application of chemicals to improve the efficiency, reliability, fuel flexibility and environmental status of combustion units by controlling slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and operational issues associated with sulfur trioxide, ammonium bisulfate, particulate matter (PM_2.5), carbon dioxide and NO_x. The Company has experience with this technology, in the form of a customizable FUEL CHEM program, on over 110 combustion units burning a wide variety of fuels including coal, heavy oil, biomass, and municipal waste.

Fuel Tech also provides a range of combustion optimization services, including airflow testing, coal flow testing and boiler tuning, as well as services to help optimize selective catalytic reduction 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.

Many of Fuel Tech’s products and services rely heavily on the Company’s exceptional Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling capabilities, which are enhanced by internally developed, high-end visualization software. These capabilities, coupled with the Company’s innovative technologies and multi-disciplined team approach, enable Fuel Tech to provide practical solutions to some of our customers’ most challenging problems. For more information, visit Fuel Tech’s web site at www.ftek.com.

This press release may contain statements of a forward-looking nature regarding future events. These statements are only predictions and actual events may differ materially.Please refer to documents that Fuel Tech files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.