Seward
- Owner: Seward
- Project: Fuel Handling and Limestone Storage Systems
- Location: Seward Station, New Florence, Pennsylvania
- Scope: Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management
Project Background
Engineering, procurement and construction management for the fuel handling and limestone storage systems; the contract was awarded by Duke/Fluor Daniel.
Fuel for the new CFB (Circulating Fluidized Bed) boiler is brought in by trucks to six truck dumps, conveyed to a screening station and then conveyed to a 44,000T capacity storage barn. The fuel is reclaimed by a portal reclaimer and conveyed to a crushing station where the fuel is reduced in size from 2” x 0” to 3/8” x 0”. The fuel is then conveyed to the boiler where it is stored in eight coal silos.
Other systems include truck scales, dust collection, emergency fuel reclaimers, sampling systems and a rock handling system. The limestone is brought in by truck to dump hoppers and reclaimed by vibratory feeders. The limestone is conveyed to a covered 14,000T storage pile. Vibratory feeders reclaim the limestone from the covered storage and then conveyed to the limestone preparation building surge bin.