ClearSign successfully completes Tricor refinery heater project
ClearSign Combustion Corp., an emerging provider of industrial combustion technologies that help to reduce emissions and improve efficiency, has successfully completed its Duplex retrofit heater project at Tricor Refining in Bakersfield, California.
As previously announced, ClearSign was engaged to retrofit Tricor's single-burner, 15 MMBtu/hr vertical cylindrical refinery heater - last fired in 1984 - with ClearSign's patented Duplex technology. The goal was to ensure compliance with strict air emissions regulations within Kern County. Source testing conducted by a third party on behalf of the refiner confirmed NOx and CO emissions well below the current Best Available Control Technology (BACT) outlined in Rule 4320 of the San Joaquin Valley Air District rules on NOx emissions by certain types of industrial heaters including refinery process heaters.
"The Tricor installation represents the second completed and accepted application of ClearSign's patented technology within the refinery segment, which, by our studies has market potential of over $800 MM," saidSteve Pirnat, Chairman and CEO of ClearSign. "The Tricor installation is another successful application of Duplex Technology in achieving Best Available Control Technology. The ClearSign Duplex Burner is the only burner that we are aware of that is capable of achieving this low level of NOx emissions and represents a huge opportunity for us in the refinery space as we continue to build successful installations," continued Mr. Pirnat.
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