Environment
Electrostatic precipitators on units 1 and 2 remove more than 99% of the fly ash from the boiler exhaust stream. A digital boiler control system, low NOx burners and Selective Catalytic Reactors, installed since initial operation, have reduced nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by almost 90%. The use of cooling towers and the closed-loop steam cycle prevent thermal pollution in the Chattahoochee River.
Wet scrubbers and hydrated lime injection systems remove almost all sulphur oxides from the flue gas as well.
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