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In the Energy and Power industries, poor material flow not only leads to operational inefficiencies, electrical losses, and maintenance challenges but also highlights the outdated nature of equipment designed for traditional fossil fuels in the context of evolving biomass and biofuel utilization.

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Overview

Energy & Power

The Energy and Power industries have undergone major changes as a result of economic, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Key changes include co-firing biomass with coal, installing air pollution control (APC) and flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems, or switching to low-sulfur (e.g., PRB) or waste coals (e.g., gob, culm). Whether feeding a pulverized coal combustor (PCC), a circulating fluidized bed (CFB), or stoker boiler, reliable handling of fuels and their waste streams is critical to energy and power plant operations.

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Services

Energy & Power Services

Whether you are reclaiming fuel from a stockpile, feeding biomass for co-firing with a fossil fuel, or conveying waste streams to storage silos, Jenike & Johanson can help you achieve reliable material flow and powder transport at your Energy and Power facilities.

On-site review of flow problems
Fuel, ash, and reagent flow testing
Silo, hopper, feeder, standpipe design
Pneumatic conveying testing of ash
Bunker structural engineering
Coal stockpile design (gravity-reclaim)
Crusher and mill/boiler chute design
Railcar unloading hopper design

Retrofitted expanded flow bunker.

Belt feeders at a power plant.

Challenge

Common Energy & Power Industry Challenges

Poor material flow in the Energy and Power industries will yield electrical generation losses, throughput limitations, non-uniform processing, dust emissions/spillage, bunker fires, and even equipment failure. These problems require frequent operator intervention and increase maintenance costs. A significant amount of equipment designed decades ago to receive, convey, crush and pulverize traditional fossil fuels is no longer suitable for handling biomass or biofuels used for co-firing.

Stockpile design plays an important role in material flowability. An effective design must consider environmental circumstances and material characteristics in order to optimize material handling.

Silos at a power plant.

Materials

Common Materials Handled

Here is a shortened list of some of the most common bulk materials we have successfully handled in the Energy & Power industry to date. For more materials, please refer to our extended list of materials or ask us about your specific material.