B.L. England Generating Station
Marmora, New Jersey

Roberts & Schaefer provided engineering, procurement and construction services for a Tire Derived Fuel (TDF) system, an auxiliary fuel-handling system for coal-fired utility steam generators. Currently, the TDF system supplies one steam generator, but is designed to separately supply two such generators, and will ultimately do so.

The TDF is processed and reduced to one-inch pieces at an offsite receiving and processing facility, then delivered to the utility power plant and stored. The TDF is reclaimed to supply fuel to the steam generating plant and delivered via the existing coal-handling system, which was upgraded by R&S in 1988.

The project included providing the complete TDF system, including motors, starters, and mccs, and integrating controls into the existing plc-based coal-handling control system.