Cinergy - Zimmer Power Station
- Owner: Cinergy Corporation
- Project: Gypsum Handling and Barge Loading System
- Location: Zimmer Power Station, Moscow, Ohio
- Scope: Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Startup and Commissioning
Project Background
Roberts & Schaefer Company was awarded a contract from Cinergy Corporation for engineering, procurement, construction, start-up, and commissioning of the gypsum handling and barge loading system at Cinergy Corporation’s Zimmer Plant in Moscow, Ohio. The system was successfully completed and in operation in 2000.
The gypsum handling and barge loading system is designed to receive the gypsum at the barge loader conveyor from either the existing radial stacker or by front-end loaders into a dozer trap. The 36-inch barge loader conveyor has a capacity of 600 TPH and is 1,014-foot long. The conveyor has a 320-foot span over the existing 200-foot diameter thickener and pump house. The conveyor transports discharges the gypsum into a moveable-loading chute with a telescoping spout. The chute/spout is designed to fill covered barges through open hatches, which requires that the chute/spout be able to move laterally and extend and retract. A certified belt scale weighs the amount loaded into each barge.
A new barge haul system positions the barges. A new river cell was constructed as part of the project to support the conveyor structure and the barge haul equipment. A programmable logic controller (PLC) controls the entire operation.