The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change plans to amend the SO2 Ambient Air Quality Standard (AAQS) which means industrial emitters will be required to make investments in Best Available Technology and implement other practices to reduce their emissions.
The below three steps help to determine the most appropriate technology to reduce emissions and eliminate the risk of unexpected capital cost expenditures, reduced productivity and operational shutdowns.
1. Scoping
- Problem definition
- Plant process review: sulphur systems specialists and air quality review
- Regulatory planning and strategy
2. Analysis
- Options evaluation: SO2 reduction, recovery and revenue generation
- Cost benefit analysis
- Feasibility study
- Compliance roadmap and management tools
3. Implementation
- Pre-FEED and EPCM
- Emission inventory, modelling, verification and auditing
- Equipment and maintenance monitoring
- Data management and air quality reporting
