Environmental

Albemarle Environmental Division is a full-service, solution provider to the coal-fired utility, cement, taconite, and industrial boiler markets.

We supply a variety of proprietary mercury sorbents, advanced sorbent injection systems, bromine chemicals for mercury removal, and mercury testing and demonstration services that allow us to develop advanced solutions for industries with difficult mercury challenges.

Our environmental leadership is proven. In a series of innovative full-scale trials funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, power plants using Albemarle Sorbent Technologies’ proprietary technology experienced highly effective mercury removal from their emissions streams.

For more information on Albemarle's Environmental products and services, please refer to the documents below.

MERCURY CONTROL FAQ

PORTLAND CEMENT KILNS FAQ

Environmental Division hosts Chinese delegates at PDC

Albemarle’s Environmental Division hosted Chinese delegates at the PDC by participating in a “reverse trade mission” led by the US Trade & Development Agency.  The mission’s purpose was to introduce top officers from the Ministry of Environmental Protection Agency for the Chinese government and the executive staff of the top 5 power companies in the US to engage in discussions of mercury control.  Members of the Environmental Division hosted a dinner in New Orleans and then treated the visitors to a technical briefing and tour of our PDC facility. 

“Participating in this mission is a wonderful opportunity for us to foster and improve relationships between Albemarle and the MEP.  It allowed us to gain a better understanding of the needs of the top power companies and we hope to capitalize on these findings to move our business forward,” said Will Pickrell, Global Business Director – Environmental Division. 

Albemarle Receives Award at IEEE-IAS/PCA Conference

Albemarle announced in August that its Environmental Division received an award for a technical paper presented at the 2011 IEEE-IAS/PCA Cement Industry Technical Conference.

The paper, titled “Alternative Method of Hg and THC Control Using Existing Cement Kiln Particular Control Equipment,” was awarded 2nd place out of the 50 papers presented at the conference held in St. Louis, MO from May 22-26, 2011. This is the first paper Albemarle has presented at the conference.  The paper, co-written by Dr. Ron Landreth and other members of the Environmental Division, highlights Albemarle’s cost-effective mercury control methodology, which enables Portland Cement producers to comply with the mercury emissions requirements of the Final Air Toxics Rule for Portland Cement Manufacturing Plants ("Cement MACT") without large capital outlays for secondary baghouses or other particulate control devices.

To read the award-winning paper, please click the following link:  Alternative Method of Hg and THC Control Using Existing Cement Kiln Particular Control Equipment.  Additionally, for more information on the topics discussed in the award-winning paper, please click on the following link for a question & answer document:  Alternative Method for Existing Cement Kiln Particular Control Equipment Q&A Document.

Albemarle IEEE-IAS/PCA Conference Award Press Release