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Micro Motion® Measurement Solutions for the Power Industry

POWER GENERATION-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

“I need to have better control over my processes to assure
cost-effective environmental regulation compliance.”

How do I keep my plant in compliance?

The U.S. EPA projects that it

will cost U.S. power plants

$800 million per year to

comply with its new rule

changes.

Source: US EPA 2012

As an operations manager, it’s your job to run the plant as cost-effectively and smoothly as possible.
There are many challenges you face everyday including meeting environmental regulations.

Your flow measurement technology must help with these challenges. Volumetric devices,
such as orifice plates and turbine meters, don’t provide the accuracy or measurement reliability
your operation demands. You need a measurement technology that can deliver flexibility and
accuracy to compete safely and cost-effectively in this environment.

Operations managers we talk to tell us about challenges like these:

What if...

• You could improve
measurement accuracy
to reduce ammonia slip in
your SCR process, would
you be able to improve
your compliance record?

• You could simultaneously
measure flow and %solids
in the lime slurry section
of your FGD process?

• You could use flow
measurement devices
that warned you of
problems before they
happened?

“Keeping track of and meeting all of the new environmental regulations is expensive
and time-consuming.”

In order to comply with new regulations in the most cost-effective manner, companies are looking

to new “game changing” technologies to help them out. Having the tools to improve your on-set

point performance is key.

“Unscheduled downtime versus scheduled maintenance is unacceptable.”

In addition, having the ability to schedule preventative versus reactive maintenance can mean the

difference between making and losing money at your plant.

“Management is always looking for more cost-effective compliance.”

Having to comply with the inspection and documentation requirements of nuclear densitometers is

complex and costly.

Micro Motion® Measurement Solutions for the Power Industry

POWER GENERATION-ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

By using Emerson’s solutions and tools, you are able
to balance business drivers, while having more control
over your plant.

With Emerson, you’ll be able to reduce measurement
uncertainty to improve combustion efficiency on the
front end of your process, and optimize your scrubber
performance on the back end. Precise process control
reduces ammonia slip in SCR systems and assures
proper lime mud %solids in your FGD process.

MEASURE VITAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND
QUANTITIES WITH PINPOINT PRECISION

Using Micro Motion Coriolis meters to verify that you are getting what are paying for when
receiving bulk shipments of raw materials can be a real money saver.

IMPROVE OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY

Using Emerson flow and density meters will give you the flexibility you need to meet
changing market and operating dynamics. Precise control means a better, faster response
to changing plant loads.

HAVE BETTER INSIGHT INTO YOUR PROCESS

Using Emerson’s devices and solutions will provide you with predictive diagnostics that will
help you stay in compliance. Having the ability to understand when an instrument needs
attention before a crytical failure is important.

A number of pollution
control OEM’s and
skid builders are
standardizing on
Emerson instrumentation
to assure their customer’s
best-in-class performance
and longevity.

Coriolis meters with
their ability to accurately
read density and flow
measurements are a very
cost-effective alternative
in FGD systems.

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