Haldor Topsoe, among the world leaders in catalysis, and FLSmidth, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the global cement and minerals industries, have signed a cooperation agreement that marks the beginning of a joined global effort to commercialise a newly-developed catalytic filter bag technology. The product will carry the brand name EnviroTex catalytic filter bags and is capable of removing dust, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in one integrated and cost-effective process.
Haldor Topsoe, among the world leaders in catalysis, and FLSmidth, a leading supplier of equipment and services to the global cement and minerals industries, have signed a cooperation agreement that marks the beginning of a joined global effort to commercialise a newly-developed catalytic filter bag technology.
The product will carry the brand name EnviroTex catalytic filter bags and is capable of removing dust, volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides in one integrated and cost-effective process.
A long list of industries including cement, power, biomass, waste incineration as well as glass and metal production are the target customers and the global commercial potential is huge.
Over the past four years the two parties have been working closely together on developing the EnviroTex technology. As part of this effort the product has been thoroughly tested and proven efficient for several industrial applications.
A strong fit of competences
It is said that the key differentiating factor about the patent-pending catalytic filter bags lies in the fact that EnviroTex consists of three layers of filter fabric. Each layer contains a tailored catalyst optimised for the removal of specific kinds of compounds from the off-gas that passes through it.
Fabric filters are used across a variety of different industries today of which cement and minerals represent a large market segment. In many applications they are used as a final purification step to remove particulate matter from the flue gas.
As part of the agreement between FLSmidth and Topsoe, the new product will be manufactured at FLSmidth’s bag production facilities in Georgia, USA. The high quality filter bags will then be catalysed and assembled at Topsoe’s catalyst production site in Houston, Texas, USA.
Topsoe’s production site will be expanded with an entirely new production line dedicated to the production of EnviroTex catalytic filter bags.
The goal is to complete construction of this facility by the end of 2015.
