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Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Products and services driving a ‘greener’ power generation sector

As nations across the globe increasingly rely on renewable sources to meet their energy requirements, Greenbank is playing a leading role in helping coal-fired power plants convert to more sustainable fuels.

From the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of bulk material handling equipment, to the development of systems designed to optimise boiler performance and reduce emissions, we can provide comprehensive solutions to meet the bespoke requirements of clients embracing woody biomass and other biofuels.

Greenbank is also at the forefront of the waste-to-energy sector, an increasingly important source of sustainable electricity, thanks to its unrivalled experience in wear protection, fuel feed management and balancing fuel delivery to the boiler, pipework, ash handling technologies and other vital plant equipment employed in more traditional power plants.

Utilising advanced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM) modelling, as well as 3D laser scanning and 3D laser mapping, we can manage new installations and retrofit upgrades in support of plant operators committed to reducing their impact on the environment.

Greenbank’s Ammegen division also has significant modelling experience and capability in the design and optimisation of DSI and Activated Carbon Injection ACI) technology for removing pollutants from flue-gas. It also provides cost-effective emission reduction and control solutions across a wide range of combustion processes while our AOFA® and SNCR systems are the core of our NOx emissions reduction portfolio.

Key Service Areas

Port facilities and plant fuel reception, storage (SRF/Waste Derived Fuel, MBM – Meat and Bone Meal,PSP – Processed Sewerage Pellets, Wood Pellets, Pelletised Plastics,Biomass)

Design

  • New equipment / upgrades / refurbishment
  • Lean and dense phase pneumatic conveying systems
  • Conventional conveying systems
  • Transfer chute design
  • Reduction of fuel degradation and dust
  • Dust extraction pipework systems

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Lined and unlined chutes, hoppers, bunkers and pipes
  • Pipe supporting and secondary steelwork
  • Diverter valves
  • Abrasion-resistant linings in-works and on-site
  • Abrasion-resistant pipework and expansion joints.
  • Pipework wear monitoring
  • Belt weighers and feeders

Ash Handling

Design

  • New equipment / upgrades / refurbishment
  • Wet and dry bottom ash handling systems
  • Fly ash handling systems
  • Lean and dense phase pneumatic conveying systems
  • Ash conditioning equipment
  • Conventional conveying systems
  • Liner wear detection system

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Chutes and hoppers
  • Diverter valves
  • Abrasion-resistant linings in-works and on-site
  • Wear-resistant pipework
  • Pipework wear monitoring
  • Pipe supports and secondary steelwork
  • Ash crushers

Wear Protection

Design

  • Material selection
  • Development and design
  • Lining of new and existing equipment
  • Refurbishment
  • Site and workshop services

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Cast Basalt pipes andiles
  • High Alumina Ceramic Al2O3
  • Zalcon Zirconium Corundum ceramics
  • Vacuum bonded ceramics
  • Chromium Carbide Plate, Hardox
  • NiHard castings
  • Abrasion-resistant epoxy
  • Wear-resistant castables and compounds.
  • UHMWPE
  • Silicon Carbide ceramics

Combustion Optimisation

Design

  • Combustion and analytical Services
  • Boiler combustion modelling
  • Boiler Performance improvement
  • Pulverised Fuel (PF) distribution and flow balancing
  • Distribution test rig
  • Fuel measurement and monitoring systems
  • Boiler steam leak detection systems
  • Emissions compliance
  • Fuel change studies
  • CFD modelling for enhanced boiler performance

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Carbon-in-ash monitors
  • Online PF flow monitoring and measurement systems
  • fuel flow sensors
  • Unburnt carbon (LOI) measurement system in fly ash
  • Adjustable PF flow dampers and variable orifice valves
  • Acoustic steam leak detection systems
  • PF Non-return valves
  • PF burner assemblies
  • Advanced combustion modelling

Continuous Weighing

Design

  • Belt weighers for fixed belts
  • Mobile plant and crushers.
  • Weigh feeders and controllers
  • Full or partial replacement and upgrades of older systems

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Belt weigher systems, weigh feeders and controllers, spares, services and calibrations
  • Contracts including calibration certificates on all makes of controllers and systems
  • Site services including new installations, calibrations, upgrades and breakdown repairs

Engineering Services

Design

  • 3D laser scanning and mapping, 3D modelling
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling
  • Discrete Element Modelling (DEM)
  • Design calculations
  • Feasibility studies
  • Scheme proposal
  • Engineering and detail design

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Site survey
  • Mechanical installation
  • Refurbishment of equipment
  • Site project management
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

Emissions Compliance

Design

  • Combustion optimisation and underpinning flexible operation
  • NOx and SOx abatement
  • Dry Sorbent Injection / Activated carbon
  • Emission control – SOx, Hg
  • Advanced SNCR with automation

Manufacture / Supply / Installation

  • Direct Sorbent Injection (DSI)
  • Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR)
  • Burner design optimisation and tuning
  • Over-fire air
  • Advanced over-fire air NOx reduction AOFA® Technology
  • Unburnt carbon (LOI) measurement system in fly ash

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