Turbosonic Inc.

Turbosonic Inc.

TurboSonic Inc. is a Canadian controlled company, formed as a
merger of Turbotak Technologies Inc. with office in Waterloo,
Ontario since 1976 and Sonic Environmental Systems of New Jersey
operating since 1962.

TurboSonic's patented scrubber technology is used for particulars
and acid gas emission control. Spray nozzle system applications,
including evaporative cooling of process gases, dust suppression,
combustion, spray drying and gas conditioning, cooling towers are
offered worldwide through our licensees and representatives.

TurboSonic supplies air pollution control and gas conditioning
systems to a wide variety of industries, including pulp and
paper, mining, automotive, power generation, food and beverage,
waste incineration, chemical processing and general
manufacturing. Transportable pilot plants are available to
demonstrate system performance and to collect data for
site-specific design.

Using our combined Turbotak and Sonic gas cooling expertise, we
have executed many jobs in the steel, cement and incineration
plants for gas cooling/conditioning ahead of baghouses and
electrostatic precipitators.

Sonic's unique design Wet ESP has proven it ability in fine
particulate removal including toxic metals.

Research and development efforts are involved in developing
improvements in system design and new products. Zero waste VOC
and So2 removal/recovery, and NCG/TRS control systems are the
latest products under development in Turbotak's R&D group.



Environmental Profile

Particulate and acid gas emission control, S02 removal and recovery, evaporative gas cooling, semi-dry acid gas control (spray drying) and gas conditioning systems are all offered worldwide through our representatives.


TurboSonic's technologies provide economic and technical advantages over conventional equipment and are designed to meet the strictest emission regulations for gaseous and particulate emissions and provide reliable operation in the most demanding applications.


TurboSonic has extensive engineering knowledge and experience in air pollution control equipment design and has retrofitted competing technologies to improve their performance, including upgrades for wet and semi-dry scrubbers and gas conditioning nozzles and towers for electrostatic precipitators.


The Turbotak Scrubber: TurboSonic's proprietary spray nozzle systems are used to finely atomize scrubbing liquids into literally trillions of droplets. These droplets are the vehicle for removal of solid, liquid and gaseous contaminants from process exhaust gas streams. This approach is dramatically more efficient than 'conventional' packed tower and venturi scrubbers. Energy consumption is minimized by the use of atomized sprays, resulting in significantly reduced operating costs.


TurboSonic SO2 Removal and Recovery: TurboSonic offers a regenerative SO2 process, utilizing Dow Chemical's proprietary amine-based sorbent, named TurboSOX, for controlling SO2 emissions. The TurboSOX amine selectively absorbs SO2 from process gas streams, including oil- and coal-fired power boilers and acid plants. The amine is loaded with SO2 and treated separately from the scrubber to recover SO2 in pure form and regenerated for re-use in the scrubber. SO2 removal efficiencies of greater than 99% have been achieved. The recovered pure SO2 can be processed to produce liquid SO2, sulfuric acid, fertilizer, or elemental sulfur, depending on available markets. This technology represents a significant advancement, providing economic return for the user in addition to meeting regulatory requirements. TurboSonic also offers conventional SO2 processes employing liquid/slurry reagents that effect the removal of SO2 and particulate in a single scrubbing unit. These systems have been shown to achieve higher efficiencies at reduced energy and reagent consumption.


The Turbotak NCG (non-condensible gases) Chemical Oxidizer: The Turbotak NCG Chemical Oxidizer eliminates the sulfurous odours associated with emissions from pulp and paper mills. The kraft pulping process generates NCG from a variety sources. These highly odorous gases are predominantly comprised of reduced sulfur compounds (TRS) which have traditionally been treated by thermal oxidation (incineration). TurboSonic has developed a process employing chemical oxidation of the TRS gases. This patent pending process meets regulatory compliance at significant savings in capital and operating costs compared to thermal oxidizers, and does not produce NOX or other greenhouse gases.


The SonicKleen Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP): Increasingly stringent standards for control of fine (sub-micron) particulates necessitate the use of highly efficient particulate collection technology. Currently, the US EPA is tightening emission standards to target finer respirable particulates (PM 2.5). In an increasing number of cases, this new standard will require the use of electrostatic precipitation. The TurboSonic WESP is capable of achieving high efficiency sub-micron particulate capture (including heavy metals) at lower energy consumption than wet scrubbing. The TurboSonic WESP utilizes a more efficient design to minimize installation and operating costs. The Turbotak Scrubber system can be integrated into the WESP system to provide high efficiency gas scrubbing as required.


TurboSonic Evaporative Gas Cooling: TurboSonic has extensive experience internationally in evaporative gas cooling, with over 450 installations. High performance TurboSonic atomizing nozzle systems control temperature and humidity of process gases and enhance air pollution control efficiencies. Atomized water injected by the gas cooling system evaporates, absorbing heat from the gas stream. This process is used for gas cooling and conditioning upstream of baghouses and electrostatic precipitators.


TurboSonic Dust Suppression: Dusts arising from material handling are suppressed with air atomizing nozzles. Applications include primary and secondary crushing, screening, transfer and loading-unloading facilities such as conveyor hoppers, feeders, bins, docks, silos, terminals and vehicles. TurboSonic is a leader in dust control with its engineered systems controlling virtually all types of respirable and larger size fugitive dust.


Pilot Plants: Transportable pilot plants are available to demonstrate system performance and collect data for site specific design. Research and development facilities at the head office are involved in developing new products and improvements in system design.


Geographic Marketing Activities: TurboSonic is establishing representatives worldwide to continue its focus on international markets. The company is currently represented in the U.S., Mexico, Chile, Australia, India, South Africa, Argentina and China.

Company Details

Year Established: 1991

Total Sales ($CDN): $500,000 - $1,000,000

Number of Employees: 8

Company Information

Egbert Van Everdingen
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (519) 885-5513
Fax: (519) 885-6992
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Ronald A. Berube
Title: Vice President
Area of Responsibility: Domestic Sales & Marketing
Telephone: (519) 885-5513
Fax: (519) 885-6992
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Edward F. Spink
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Area of Responsibility: Management Executive
Telephone: (519) 885-5513
Fax: (519) 885-6992
Email: Click Here

Products

Spraying Mach/Equip Industrial Nes, Pts Of

Process & Multi-function Control Mach/App Nes

Towers, Cooling, Gas, Scrubbers, Nozzles

Machinery, Custom

Turbosonic Wesp
TurboSonic WESP acheives high efficiency sub-micron particulate capture (including heavy metals) at lower energy consumption than wet scrubbing. The TurboSonic WESP utilizes a more efficient design to minimize installation and operating costs. The Turbotak Scrubber system can be inegrated into the WESP system to provide high efficiency gas scrubbing as required.

Turbosonic Evaporative Gas Cooling
TurboSonic has extensive experience internationally in evaporative gas cooling, with over 450 installations throughout the world. High performance TurboSonic atomizing nozzle systems control temperature and humidity of process gases and enhance air pollution control efficiencies. Atomized water injected by the gas is used for gas cooling and conditioning upstream of baghouses and electrostatic precipitators.

Turbosonic 'dryfog' Dust Suppression
Dusts arising from material handling are suppressed with Turbotak nozzles. Applications include primary and secondary crushing, screening, transfer and loading-unloading facilities such as conveyor hoppers, feeders, bins, docks, silos, terminals and vehicles. TurboSonic is a leader in dust control with its engineered systems controlling virtually all types of respirable and larger size fugitive dust.

Environmental Products And Services

Turbotak Scrubber And/Or Sonickleen Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (wesp)
TurboSonic's emission control technology is capable of high removal efficiencies for combinations of sub-micron particulates, acid gases, fumes, and vapours typically present in industrial process exhaust gases. In the Turbotak Scrubber, control of droplet size and distribution of the liquid spray is the key to efficient scrubbing. With Turbotak proprietary two-phase atomizing nozzles these characteristics can be fine-tuned to match the requirements for removing particulate and solute gas contaminants. With a simple adjustment of air pressure, Turbotak nozzles can produce droplets in sizes from 5 to 50+ microns. Over 50 trillion droplets can be produced from a single gallon of water with a surface area of up to 50,000 square feet. Effective removal of particulate and solute gases results from collisions and agglomeration, and extremely efficient mass transfer. Turbotak nozzles can atomize flows over 100 USgal/min through a single nozzle. Advantages of the Turbotak Scrubber: performance superior to conventional control equipment; cost-effective solutions for a wide variety of air pollution problems; controls particulate, acid gases, fumes, mists, odours and combinations of these; payback in terms of energy savings, reduced chemical and low water consumption and smaller water treatment equipment; recovery and recirculation systems easily incorporated into design; low sensitivity to gas flow rates, from 0-100% of design capacity; extremely low pressure drop across system; easily retrofitted to existing plant layouts; system can be upgraded to maintain compliance with increasingly stringent regulations; experience has shown operator and maintenance requirements to be minimal; low liquid usage results in decreased effluent treatment costs and can eliminate the need to recycle; turboSonic guarantees results. Advantages of the SonicKleen Wet Electrostatic Precipitator (WESP): high efficiency removal of submicron particulate; removal of acid mists; reduction in opacity; low maintenance; rigid mast electrode eliminates maintenance associated with conventional WESPs; extremely low energy consumption; small footprint; hexagonal tube design minimizes capital cost without affecting performance efficiency; low liquid usage.

Services

Research And Development Transportable pilot plants are available to demonstrate system performance and collect data for site specific design. Research and Development Facilities at the Head Office are involved in developing new products and improvements in system design. Zero waste, VOC removal and recovery systems are the latest products under development in the TurboSonic's R&D Group. TurboSonic is developing a regenerative process to remove, concentrate and recover VOC's. The systems feasibility has been established, promising benefits not only in capital and operating costs but also in the value of recovering VOC's. This new technology will dislpace the traditional approach of costly incineration of large volumes of exhaust gases.