Environmental Remediation of Mercury From Coal Burning Flu Gases September 8th, 2009
Mr. LuVerne E.W. Hogg, President and CEO of ZEOX Corporation (The “Company” or “ZEOX”) (TSX VENTURE: ZOX), is pleased to announce the Company’s entry into the environmental remediation market for the removal of Mercury (“Hg”) from emissions in power generation coal fired utility boilers.
Even though the concentrations of Hg are relatively low at .012 to 3.3 parts per million, collectively the release into the environment is considerable because of the large amount of coal that is burned globally. Estimates for global emissions of Hg from all sources are approximately 12,000,000 pounds per year with Hg emissions from power generation accounting for approximately 40%. Mercury is very volatile so currently only small amounts are currently removed along with fly ash by particulate control devices such as electrostatic precipitators. The remainder is emitted into the atmosphere along with the flu gases. United States and Canadian Government Environmental Regulations are now in place requiring that coal fired utilities meet Hg removal targets in 2010 by 70% increasing in subsequent years to up to 95% removal efficiency.
