Patents Assigned to Texas Utilities Electric Co.
  • Combustion system with reduced sulfur oxide emissions
    Patent number: 5199263
    Abstract: A coal-fired power plant with a wet scrubber wherein sulfite or bisulfite ions are converted to sulfate ions by forced aeration in the scrubber reaction tank. Air bubbles are introduced at only a few points in the tank, but an impeller is used which continually sweeps fine particulates off the tank bottom until they have reached a certain minimum size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Texas Utilities Electric Co.
    Inventors: Terence W. Green, Melanie K. Lange