Red Hills
- Owner: Tractebel Power – Choctaw Generation
- Project: Coal Fuel Handling System
- Location: Red Hills Generation Facility, Choctow County, Mississippi
- Scope: Engineering and Procurement
Project Background
The project consists of rear dump trucks unloading 36” x 0” lignite into a hopper which feeds an 1,800 TPH feeder breaker which crushes the lignite to 8” x 0”.
The lignite is then conveyed at a rate of 1,800 TPH to two 20,000 T Eurosilo storage silos for a total storage capacity of 40,000 tons.
From the crushers, the lignite is conveyed on 750 TPH conveyors to the power block and tripper conveyors and traveling trippers.
The power block consists of two circulating fluidized bed boilers and one generator with a 440 MW net rating.
Each boiler is served by four lignite silos.
Ancillary systems include sampling system, dust collection systems, dust suppression systems and fire detection systems.