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Duke
Energy - W.S. Lee
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Duke Energy - W S Lee Steam
Station
Hwy.
S-4-178
Pelzer, SC
29669
Anderson
County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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|
| NOx: |
low-NOx
burner on Unit 3.
Combustion Modification
on Units 1 & 2. |
|
| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
|
Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1951 (100 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1951 (100
Mw)
Unit 3 - 1958 (170
Mw)
-
source: DOE
|
| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
|
Unit 2
|
Unit 3
|
| 2005 |
0.40 |
0.38 |
0.22 |
| 2004 |
0.40 |
0.39 |
0.23 |
| 2003 |
0.40 |
0.41 |
0.23 |
| 2002 |
0.39 |
0.41 |
0.23 |
| 2001 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
0.30 |
| 2000 |
0.43 |
0.43 |
0.43 |
| 1999 |
0.44 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
| 1998 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
| 1997 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
| 1996 |
0.69 |
0.59 |
0.65 |
| 1995 |
0.65 |
0.60 |
0.64 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2005 |
2,404 |
11,220 |
1,594,224 |
| 2004 |
1,850 |
9,901 |
1,176,769 |
| 2003 |
2,646 |
13,462 |
1,662,339 |
| 2002 |
1,657 |
7,435 |
1,051,189 |
| 2001 |
2,278 |
7,990 |
1,218,030 |
| 2000 |
3,324 |
10,272 |
1,539,976 |
| 1999 |
2,812 |
8,911 |
1,282,704 |
| 1998 |
2,521 |
7,988 |
1,148,008 |
| 1997 |
2,519 |
8,981 |
1,140,814 |
| 1996 |
4,064 |
10,258 |
1,170,825 |
| 1995 |
1,934 |
4,469 |
680,416 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes
facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
|
| Dioxin Releases (in grams)
- source: EPA TRI |
For
information, including health impacts, on
chemicals listed, please check out these
resources:
U.S. Library of
Medicine: TOXNET - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Agency For Toxic
Substances And Disease Registry: Toxicological
Profiles - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
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