AWS CORPORATION

FIELDS OF APPLICATION

Every industry has pollution control issues to deal with. AWS is ready to find the best solution for you, based on our decennial experience and knowledge of different fields of application. Here below you will find the main field of application of our customer’s portfolio, and some suggested AWS products that could be suitable for each field.
Always remember: each case has its specific requirements and needs, so don’t hesitate to contact us for a customized offer based on your specific situation.

ALKALI CHLORINE
BIOMASS DRYER / FOOD (FRYING & DRYING)
CEMENT
CHEMICAL / PETROCHEMICAL / REFINERY
CHEMICAL FIBERS / TEXTILE/ PLASTICIZER
DISTILLERY / SANSIFICI
FERTILIZER
GAS TREATMENT

GEOTHERMAL
GLASS
INCINERATORS
INSECTICIDE MANUFACTURE
IRON & STEEL
MARINE
MINERAL WOOL
NUCLEAR

PHARMACEUTICAL
PLASTIC
POWER PLANTS
PULP & PAPER
SULPHUNATION
SULPHURIC ACID
TIOXIDE
TURBINES & COMPRESSORS

ALKALI CHLORINE

Wet and dry chlorine applications

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist, submicronic dust

Sugar Production Plant - evaporators

TYPE OF EMISSION: Sugar entrainment (production loss)

Coffee roasters

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust, mist, smoke, odors

Fish cannery

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust, smoke, odor

Deep fat frying

TYPE OF EMISSION: Smoke food particles

Smokehouses

TYPE OF EMISSION: Smokes, organics, odors

Cement Industry

TYPE OF EMISSION: Potentially high inlet SO2, Abrasive Particulate

Asphalt vents

TYPE OF EMISSION: Small organic mist particles

Asphalt (hot paving patch plants)

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust, VOC

Ammonium nitrate

TYPE OF EMISSION: Ammonia, and nitric acid mist

Amine contactors

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust, oil mist, aerosols, odors

Caustic evaporators

TYPE OF EMISSION: Wastewater

FCC

TYPE OF EMISSION: VOC, Hydrocarbon dust, catalyst

Phosphoric acid

TYPE OF EMISSION: Fumes, acid mists

Heat setting / thermo-fixing

TYPE OF EMISSION: Volatile Organic Compounds (visible smoke and invisible odors), Tiny solid and liquid particles of VOCs (size <1 micron), Oil mist

Carpets

TYPE OF EMISSION: Tiny liquid particles of oil (VOCs) (size <10 micron)

Fabrics coating

TYPE OF EMISSION: High concentration of organic solvents (usually invisible)

Printing and finishing

TYPE OF EMISSION: Tiny solid and liquid particles of VOCs (size <1 micron), Oil mist, Ammonia (NH3), aldeydes, ammines, etc.

Plasticizer

TYPE OF EMISSION: Organic sub-micron mists. DOP

Nylon wire production

TYPE OF EMISSION: Tiny liquid particles of oil (VOCs) (size <10 micron)

Polyester chips production (PET)

TYPE OF EMISSION: Air with Acetaldeyde

Grappa production

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust (size <50 micron), Volatile Organic Compounds.

Olive oil production

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust (size <50 micron), Volatile Organic Compounds.

Fertilizer industry / Ammonium nitrate

TYPE OF EMISSION: Ammonia, and nitric acid mist

CO₂ purification

TYPE OF EMISSION: Oil mist, dust

Steam purification

TYPE OF EMISSION: Water salt mist, dust

Raw material treatment

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust

Melting furnace

TYPE OF EMISSION: Various dust, NOX

Hospital incinerators

TYPE OF EMISSION: SO2, NOX, HCl, HBr, Heavy metals, Dioxine, PM2.5

WASTE GAS VENTS AND WASTE LIQUID INCINERATORS

TYPE OF EMISSION: SO2, NOX, HCl, HBr, Heavy metals, Dioxine, PM2.5

Municipal incinerators

TYPE OF EMISSION: SO2, NOX, HCl, HBr, Heavy metals, Dioxine, PM2.5

Sludge incinerators

TYPE OF EMISSION: SO2, NOX, HCl, HBr, Heavy metals, Dioxine, PM2.5

Dry process

TYPE OF EMISSION: Toxic dusts

Wet process

TYPE OF EMISSION: Aerosols

Alluminium refining and process

TYPE OF EMISSION: Smoke AlCl3 fumes, HCl, SO2, SO3, HF, Carbon particles, Al2O3 fumes, Fluoride fumes

Car shredding

TYPE OF EMISSION: Oil mist, dust

Metal smelting

TYPE OF EMISSION: Mists, Particulate 0.3 to 0.4 grain/CF, heavy moisture load, acid mist

Electroplating

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist

Scarfing

TYPE OF EMISSION: Particulate loadings of 1 grain/CF (size <2 micron)

Sintering

TYPE OF EMISSION: Particulate loading of 0.1 to 0.5 grain/CF, condensable organic matter of 0.05 to 0.3 grain/CF

Galvanizing

TYPE OF EMISSION: Fumes, Mist

Bronze and brass melting

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust, metallic fumes

Coke plants

TYPE OF EMISSION: Tar, dust, smoke

Zinc galvanizing

TYPE OF EMISSION: Oil mist, fumes of NH4Cl and ZnO

Zirconium Calcining

TYPE OF EMISSION: Hafnium oxide, elemental sulfur, chlorides, sulfuric acid mist, sulfur dioxide.

Silver/Gold Refining

TYPE OF EMISSION: Copper, Silver, and Selenium. Silica, Lead, Tellurium, Arsenic, Gold slime, particulate loading of 0.1 to 0.2 grain/CF up to 0.5 grain/CF, Carbon and fine impurities.

Molybdenum Roaster

TYPE OF EMISSION: Organic compounds, sulfuric acid mist, oxides of Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium, and Mercury. Chlorides,trace of fluorides.

Nickel Recovery

TYPE OF EMISSION: Slag, oil, and water waste, Nickel, and Chromium, sub-micron particulate of 0.1 to 0.2 grain/CF, particulate carryover.

Air intake for engine room and cabin air conditioning

TYPE OF EMISSION: Water salt mist, dust

Scrubbing unit

TYPE OF EMISSION: Seawater droplets from scrubbed gas

Mineral wool furnace

TYPE OF EMISSION: Fumes aerosol, oil vapors, wool

Nuclear waste recovery

TYPE OF EMISSION: Water salt mist, sumicronic radioactive dust

Starved air and liquid incinerators

TYPE OF EMISSION: SO2, NOX, HCl, HBr, Heavy metals, Dioxine, PM2.5

PE mattress production

TYPE OF EMISSION: Volatile Organic Compounds (visible blue smoke and invisible odors) (Aldeyde, Fenol, Acetofenone, ..), Tiny solid particles of organic compounds (size <1 micron), Ammonia (NH3)

Polyurethan welding operation

TYPE OF EMISSION: Solid and liquid particles of VOCs

Rubber molding operation

TYPE OF EMISSION: Solid and liquid particles of VOCs

PTFE gasket and components production

TYPE OF EMISSION: Air stream with solvents (n-ottane) and residual of PTFE.

Coal power plant

TYPE OF EMISSION: SO3 mist and submicronic particles

Cogeneration with petroleum coke feedstock

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist, submicronic dust

Biomass plants

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dust

Biomass gasification

TYPE OF EMISSION: Char, ash and trace emissions

Engine with Vegetable oil

TYPE OF EMISSION: Nox

Recovery boilers: off gas treated in ammonia scrubber

TYPE OF EMISSION: Submicroninc dust (salts of ammonium sulphite ad ammonium bisulphite)

Pulp

TYPE OF EMISSION: Water salt mist, submicronic dust

Sulphunation Plants

TYPE OF EMISSION: Dense white plume; pluggage problems, acid mist loadings of 0.25 to 0.3 grain/CF, detergent fines carryover and high moisture load

H2SO4 production from sulphur burning

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist

H2SO4 production from metallurgical plant

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist, submicronic dust

Copper, lead, nickel, magnesium and zinc smelters with sulfuric acid plant

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist, submicronic dust

Acid regeneration

TYPE OF EMISSION: Water + weak acid --> corrosion

TiO2 production

TYPE OF EMISSION: Acid mist, submicronic dust, SO2

Gas and steam turbines

TYPE OF EMISSION: Sub-micron oil mist

AWS CORPORATION

FIELDS OF APPLICATION

ALKALI CHLORINE

Wet and dry chlorine applications

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

BIOMASS DRYER / FOOD (FRYING & DRYING)

Sugar Production Plant - evaporators

Coffee roasters

Fish cannery

Deep fat frying

Smokehouses

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

CEMENT

Cement Industry

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

CHEMICAL / PETROCHEMICAL / REFINERY

Asphalt vents

Asphalt (hot paving patch plants)

Ammonium nitrate

Amine contactors

Caustic evaporators

FCC

Phosphoric acid

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

CHEMICAL FIBERS / TEXTILE/ PLASTICIZER

Heat setting / thermo-fixing

Carpets

Fabrics coating

Printing and finishing

Plasticizer

Nylon wire production

Polyester chips production (PET)

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

DISTILLERY / SANSIFICI

Grappa production

Olive oil production

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

FERTILIZER

Fertilizer industry / Ammonium nitrate

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

GAS TREATMENT

CO2 purification

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

GEOTHERMAL

Steam purification

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

GLASS

Raw material treatment

Melting furnace

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

INCINERATORS

Hospital incinerators

WASTE GAS VENTS AND WASTE LIQUID INCINERATORS

Municipal incinerators

Sludge incinerators

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

INSECTICIDE MANUFACTURE

Dry process

Wet process

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

IRON & STEEL

Alluminium refining and process

Car shredding

Metal smelting

Electroplating

Scarfing

Sintering

Galvanizing

Bronze and brass melting

Coke plants

Zinc galvanizing

Zirconium Calcining

Silver/Gold Refining

Molybdenum Roaster

Nickel Recovery

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

MARINE

Air intake for engine room and cabin air conditioning

Scrubbing unit

SUGGESTED PRODUCTS

CO₂ purification