Facility ID: 23860HPRWL1114H
Facility Name and Address: LUMINANT HOPEWELL POWER PLANT 1114 HERCULES RD HOPEWELL, VA 23860 Parent Company: VISTRA ENERGY CORP Industry: Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation (221112) Chemical: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) |
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Reporting Year | Section 8.10: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity | Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity | Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information* |
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2015 | Source Reduction - SULFURIC ACID AEROSOL COMES FROM SO2 THAT IS COMBUSTED, THE HIGHEST SULFUR FUEL IS DIESEL FUEL. THE PLANT IS WORKING TO MINIMIZE THE USE OF DIESEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER AT TIMES WE ARE FORCED TO BURN DIESEL DUE TO GAS CURTAILMENTS. | ||
2014 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Sulfuric Acid Aerosol comes from SO2 that is combusted, the highest sulfer fuel is Diesel. The plant is trying to reduce the use of Diesel as much as possible. |
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2011 | Source Reduction - The Sulfuric Acid is a byproduct of combustion. When the plant is using #2 fuel oil the production is higher than natural gas. Our objective is to burn as little fuel oil as possible. The fuel oil that we do burn we try to get the lowest sulfure content as possible. the plant has tested bio-diesel and found that a blend can reduce the emission farther than ultra low sulfur diesel. | ||
2010 | Other Environmental Practices - The Sulfuric Acid comes from SO2 that is combusted, the highest sulfur fuel is Diesel. The plant is trying to reduce the use of Diesel as much as possible. | ||
2008 | Source Reduction - There are three ways that the plant is trying to reduce H2SO4; by using less diesel, by using diesel with a lower Sulfur content, and by going to BioDiesel that has a very low sulfur content. Information can be provided by Chuck Barnes |
The Waste Management Hierarchy |
The waste management hierarchy established by the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) guides waste generators toward the best options for managing wastes.
The preferred option is to prevent pollution at its source, but for waste that is generated, the preferred management methods are recycling, followed
by burning for energy recovery, treatment and, as a last resort, disposing of the waste.
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