LignoEnergy & LignoFluid
Milestones:
1981:
First solid fired hot gas generator with refractory free furnace.
Turn key plant supplied by Cornel. Schmidt GmbH & Co KG (Managing Director Dipl. Ing. Michael Kaden)
Plant operator: Glunz AG, Triangel.
Fuel used: Solid waste / sander dust / HFO.
Thermal capacity = 18 MW.
Hot gas = 15 MW.
Steam = 10 MW.
1997:
Retrofit of two dryers with PLC control
turn key retrofit Thermax cc South Africa.
Plant operator:
PGBison Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Increase of plant capacity, after retrofit, through higher plant availability = 20 %.
1997:
Retrofit of a single dryer cyclone with 4 CyDesign high efficiency cyclones for an existing jet dryer.
Turn key retrofit.
Plant operator: PGBison Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Particulate emission after retrofit < 50 mg/Nm3.
2001:
Turn key installation of a hot gas generator with fluidised bed firing.
Client:
Algoa Brick (Pty) Ltd
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Fuel used:
Mixture from sewage sludge, wood shavings and bituminous coal.
2006:
Turn key hot gas plant with thermal oil heating.
Plant operator : Egger UK Ltd. / Egger Rol France.
Fuel used : grate firing / dust burning / oil & gas
Thermal capacity: 50MW
Hot gas: 36MW
Thermal oil: 12 MW