Molasses to MicroC: PA Coal-Fired Power Generation Station Meets Nitrate & Selenium Reduction Goals with MicroC® 4100

A Pennsylvania coal-fired power generation station switches from molasses carbon sources to EOSi’s carbohydrate-based MicroC® 4100 to remove up to 80% selenium across their wastewater treatment system — and achieve complete denitrification from their final effluent.

Compared to using molasses as a supplemental carbon source, EOSi’s MicroC® 4100 provides more consistent quality, composition, COD concentration, and a long shelf life, while requiring minimal on-site labor, and eliminating the inherent difficulties of storing and handling molasses. Using MicroC 4100 as a reliable and readily degradable source of supplemental carbon for denitrification and selenium removal, the FGD wastewater treatment system has consistently met their target total selenium and nitrate concentrations in the effluent.