Engineering Study & Feasibility Analysis

Columbian Chemical Steam and Power Generating Facility

Evaluation of

Owner: Columbian Chemical

Project Location: Hickock, Kansas

Project Completion: March 2002

Project Description:

ESI performed an engineering study and economic feasibility analysis for Columbian Chemical’s Tail Gas Energy Recovery Project. The purpose of this study was to decrease the use of natural gas in the facility by combusting “tail gas” (a low BTU gas from the carbon black process which was currently unrecovered) to produce steam for the facility’s production usage, electrical generation, and to sell to a neighboring ethanol facility. The proposed system consisted of the tail gas burner and fuel train, combustion chamber, heat recovery steam generator, fuel delivery system, fans, water treatment, building, etc.