January 21, 1999
TURBOSONIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (OTC Bulletin Board - TSTA) today announced the receipt of a
contract from Continental Nitrogen & Resources Corporation, Rosemount, Minnesota, to provide
preliminary engineering for a new SO2 control system for a large coal-fired power generating
facility in the U.S., the first such contract from the Power Generating Industry for this new
technology.
In March 1998, Dow Chemical Company introduced
"GAS/SPEC TURBOSOX AMINE", a new, formulated,
regenerable amine for removing sulfur dioxide (SO2) from gas streams. This new amine formulation,
which is designed to selectively absorb SO2 from process gas streams, including oil and coal-fired
power boilers, acid plants and refineries, is used exclusively in the Turbotak
SO2 Recovery System marketed by TurboSonic.
The Turbotak SO2 Recovery System allows the power plant to use lower cost,
higher sulfur fuels. SO2 is recovered as a pure by-product that can be processed to produce liquid
SO2, sulfuric acid, elemental sulfur and other products, depending upon available markets. This
technology represents an advancement in SO2 control, reducing waste and providing economic return
for the user in addition to meeting regulatory requirements.
Continental Nitrogen & Resources Corporation
(CNR), a member of the SASOL DHB Holdings, Inc.
group of companies, is a wholesale distributor of nitrogen-based products to the industrial and
agricultural markets in the U.S. SASOL is a South African corporation involved in the energy,
synthetic fuels and chemicals businesses.
"We believe our use of this new Dow amine as an integral part of our TurboSonic
SO2 control
system may positively impact our future business potential due to increasing global requirements
for SO2 removal. We see this as an excellent opportunity for TurboSonic, which furthers our goal
of providing economic benefits for our customers in addition to helping them meet air pollution
control requirements." said Ed Spink, President and CEO of the Company.
TurboSonic Technologies designs and markets proprietary air pollution control technologies to
industrial customers worldwide. Its products are designed to meet and exceed the strictest
emissions regulations, improve performance, reduce operating costs and recover valuable by-products.
Industries served include Pulp & Paper, Metals & Mining, Cement, Waste Processing & Incineration,
Power Generation and Petrochemicals.
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the forward looking statement. Factors that impact such forward looking statements include,
among others, changes in worldwide general economic conditions, changes in interest rates, government
regulations, and worldwide competition.
For further information, contact:
Patrick Forde, Secretary/Treasurer
TurboSonic Technologies, Inc.
550 Parkside Drive, Suite A-14, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5V4
Phone: (519) 885-5513, Fax: (519) 885-6992
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