Engineering Case Studies

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Solving Transfer Chute Plugging at Power Plant

A leading power generation company operating a 600 MW coal-fired power plant recently started using coal ...

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Transfer Chute Plugging Solved at Iron Ore Export Terminal

A major iron ore exporter in South Africa was experiencing major delays in the material ...

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Transfer Chute Plugging with Sticky Limestone/Clay Mix

A major cement manufacturer in South America was experiencing transfer chute plugging with a highly ...

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Preventing Bunker Fires at Wisconsin Service Pulliam Station

The Need Wisconsin Public Service’s Pulliam Station has six active units totaling 375 MW capacity.  ...

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Coal Handling Problems Solved at Northern States Power

The Need Northern States Power (NSP) has a 384 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Minneapolis, Minnesota ...

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Fixing Chute Plugging Problems at Pet Coke Shipping Terminal

The Need A major US conglomerate ships petroleum coke throughout the Pacific Rim.  Delays in ...

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Preventing Stuffing Mix Segregation at Kraft Foods

The Need Most industries view segregation as a major problem.  Particle segregation is prevalent in ...

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Innovative Hopper Design for Decaffeinating Coffee Beans

The Need T. Anthony (“Tony”) Royal, a vice president with Jenike & Johanson, was named ...

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Quality Improved with Reduced Segregation at Libbey Glass

The Need Libbey Glass is the leading producer of high quality, machine made glass tableware ...

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Gypsum Flow Problems Solved at Lafarge Cement

Lafarge’s Joppa, Illinois cement plant had experienced severe flow and operational problems with their ...

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Furnace Feed Problems Solved at Knauf Fiber Glass

The Need Knauf Fiber Glass blends glass batch in an aerating blender and then pneumatically ...

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Coal Feeding: Pressure-Sealing Solids Pump® Improves Feed

At Lone Star Industries’ Cape Girardeau, Missouri cement plant, reliable coal feed to the kiln ...