Emissions Control Solutions
Downstream
Refinery and Petrochemical Emissions Control Solutions
Oil refineries, chemical plants and petrochemical facilities rely on Peerless emissions management solutions to control NOx and CO from the boilers, furnaces, heaters and process units that keep production running. Peerless engineers both combustion and post-combustion controls for the fuels these plants burn, including refinery gases, hydrogen, process off-gases and hazardous waste streams. The Peerless team engineers new systems and retrofit solutions to equipment already on site.
Complex Fuels. Tight Permits.
One Emissions Control Partner.
DOWNSTREAM Applications Peerless Serves
Process Heaters and Furnaces
Fired heaters and furnaces are central to refinery and petrochemical operations, and Peerless offers multiple solutions to reducing NOx. Peerless Direct Injection SCR injects a urea or ammonia-based reagent into the exhaust gas of a boiler, furnace, turbine or IC engine, delivering NOx and CO reduction of 95%+ without vaporization equipment such as fans and electric heaters. Where a lower-capital approach fits, Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) provides a low-cost technique to reduce NOx by 30-75% for furnaces.
Hydrogen Reformers
As emissions regulations tighten, hydrogen reformers are not exempt from NOx scrutiny as other refinery combustion sources. Peerless has completed multiple SCR retrofits on hydrogen reformers at refinery and petrochemical facilities in response to increased emissions regulations.
Refinery and Chemical Plant Boilers
Peerless CCA Combustion Systems address NOx and CO at the source in refinery and chemical plant boilers. CCA low-NOx burners deliver high-efficiency NOx reduction of up to 50%, stable combustion with high turndown and the lowest possible emissions at maximum and minimum loads. CCA combustion control technologies reduce NOx, particulate matter, unburned carbon and CO at facilities including oil refineries and chemical plants, and CCA technologies have also been installed on thermal oxidizers and dryers.
When combustion controls alone can’t meet the permit, Peerless engineers the SCR or SNCR system at the outlet as well, handling both the burner and the stack in one project.
Retrofit and Engineering Solutions for Existing Plant Equipment
Most downstream facilities aren’t new, and Peerless is built to work with whatever emissions equipment is already on site. With expertise in total SCR system design and optimization, Peerless helps plants meet NOx emissions regulations while working within existing plant infrastructure and avoiding unnecessary maintenance costs and outages.
Retrofit Solutions Include:
Replacing ammonia injection grid lances with the patented EDGE® AIG design to reduce ammonia consumption by 20-40% and extend catalyst life by 1-2 years
Converting conventional vaporizer systems to direct injection, and reagent conversion to safer urea-based SCR
Rebuilding or upgrading AFCU and vaporizer skids, including controls upgrades
Catalyst testing, cleaning and replacement
Low-NOx burners, OFA, FGR, SCR and SNCR retrofits on existing boilers
CFD modeling, engineering assessments, emissions testing and combustion optimization services
Engineered for Refinery and Process Fuels
Refinery and petrochemical units rarely burn pipeline natural gas alone. Peerless low-NOx burners are designed to fire any combustible gaseous or liquid fuel, so facilities can use one combustion partner across the fuels their processes produce or require.
Fuels We Fire
Natural gas, refinery gases, propane and hydrogen
Process off-gases and liquids
Hazardous waste gases and liquids
Heavy fuel oil and ultra heavy fuel oils (pitch and bitumen)
Light fuel oils and kerosene
