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Investment in a new final absorption tower is boosting efficiency and reducing emissions at Nuova Solmine’s sulphuric acid plant in Tuscany.
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October 2019 the Italian specialty chemicals company, Nuova Solmine, completed testing on a new DuPont™ MECS® ZeCor® Final Absorption Tower (FAT), designed and installed by DuPont Clean Technologies, at its double absorption sulfuric acid plant in Scarlino, Italy. The MECS® ZeCor® alloy tower with MECS® UniFlo® Acid distributor and MECS® Brink® SCII Plus mist eliminators performed 34 Industry Europe
well below local regulator emissions limits (35 mg/Nm3) and acid mist also measured considerably below contractual performance guarantees (30 mg/Nm3). By early 2017, the brick lining in the old FAT tower had started to deteriorate and required frequent maintenance, which affected production efficiency. DuPont Clean Technologies was awarded the turnkey contract to design, execute, supply and erect a replacement