Coal will run the world's grid for decades. The question isn't whether to burn it — it's how to burn it better. Sootaway, our combustion catalyst, reduces SO₂, NOx and particulate matter at the source, without retrofitting a single plant.
Sootaway is a benign liquid catalyst. No special handling certifications, no hazmat shipping, no complicated permitting. Spray it in, burn cleaner.
No capital expenditure, no downtime. Sootaway integrates with your current boiler operations via a simple spray system — retrofits optional.
Every deployment comes with pre- and post-burn testing. You see the numbers before you commit to a long-term supply agreement.
Sootaway works at the point of combustion — the moment where fuel meets oxygen. By lowering the ignition threshold and accelerating the oxidation chain reaction, it ensures more complete burning of the carbon matrix in coal.
What that means in practice: less unburned carbon leaving the boiler as soot and unburnt hydrocarbons, less slag formation on boiler tubes, and fewer acid gas precursors making it to the stack.
Sootaway catalyzes the initial oxidation of char particles, expanding the effective combustion window.
More complete carbon consumption means plants can reduce excess oxygen without risking slagging — saving fuel.
Complete combustion means less incomplete-oxidation byproducts: less SO₃, less NOx precursors, less particulate.
Sulfur in coal oxidizes more completely — converts to fly ash rather than gas-phase SO₂.
Lower peak flame temperature and faster burn-out reduce thermal NOx formation.
Less unburned carbon means less particulate matter entering the stack and the ESP.
More BTU per pound of coal burned. Fuel savings compound with every shipment.
"We didn't wait for the perfect energy future. We built something that works with the energy present."Al Terpstra, President — ADK GreenTech
The world's most advanced economies still depend on coal for baseload power. The U.S. grid ran 33% on coal last year. Germany shut down its last nuclear plant and fired up more lignite. India is building new plants monthly.
Sootaway was built for this reality — not the one that will exist in 2070. It's for plant operators who need to meet EPA compliance deadlines now, who want to extend the life of their assets without billion-dollar retrofits, and who want to be part of the solution rather than the problem.
Cleaner combustion isn't a compromise. It's an engineering decision with measurable returns — on efficiency, on compliance, and on the communities living downwind of your stacks.