About Airborne
The Corporation
and its Business
Airborne has developed
and patented an advanced process which
effectively and economically reduces
the multiple forms of pollution caused
when burning high sulfur fuels to
generate electricity (the Airborne
Process).
This unique and proprietary
process allows power providers to
burn inexpensive high sulphur content
coal while reducing the environmental
impact. By employing the Airborne
Process, power producers substantially
reduce their polluting emissions and
can transform pollutants, through
Airborne's proprietary regeneration
process, into a high-quality granular
fertilizer, creating a profit center
for the energy producer.
Traditional pollution
abatement programs require multiple
processes to remove multiple pollutants.
Traditional processes are also accompanied
by high capital, maintenance and operating
costs. The Airborne Process, which
meets or exceeds 100% of current and
pending environmental standards, economically
removes multiple pollutants including
acid rain producing SO2 and SO3, smog
producing NOx, and mercury, while
providing an economically rewarding
return for the power producer.
The Demand for
Pollution Abatement
Coal-fired power
plants generate the majority of electrical
power in the United States, and a
significant part of electrical power
in the rest of the world. Although
coal is relatively plentiful and inexpensive,
concerns about the emissions from
coal powered generation plants have
resulted in the implementation of
stringent environmental standards
that increase the cost and limit the
use of coal in generating electricity.
Regulations in the
United States are forcing large reductions
in NOx emissions in 2004 to 2006 and
President Bush recently announced
very large future reductions in allowable
emissions:
"Today
I call for new Clean Skies legislation
that sets tough new standards to
dramatically reduce the three most
significant forms of pollution from
power plants; sulphur dioxide, nitrogen
oxides and mercury. We will cut
sulphur dioxide emissions by 73
percent from current levels. We
will cut nitrogen oxide emissions
by 67 percent. And, for the first
time ever, we will cap emissions
of mercury, cutting them by 69 percent.
These cuts will be completed over
two measured phases, with one set
of emission limits for 2010 and
for the other for 2018".
President
George Bush, February 14th, 2002
The Opportunity
There is a growing
challenge for energy providers to
produce affordable and cleaner power.
Increasingly, the demand for affordable
energy by both developed and developing
nations and concerns about environmental
sustainability are in conflict, forcing
difficult trade-offs between economic
growth and environmental protection.
Proven coal reserves
are estimated to be sufficient to
fulfill current rates of consumption
for another 220 years. The Airborne
Process provides utilities the opportunity
to burn this inexpensive and plentiful
fuel source while at the same time
reducing its environmental impact.
There is currently
no technology that can match the effectiveness
of the Airborne Process in removing
SOx and NOx from coal emissions. There
are currently many large coal fired
electrical generating plants in North
America and throughout the world which
do not do an effective job of removing
SO2, SO3, NOx or Mercury from their
emissions. By employing the Airborne
Process not only can they reduce polluting
emissions, but can do so at a lower
cost while producing valuable and
marketable byproducts. The opportunity
for Airborne is clear.
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