HEIL COMPLETES ASH CONVEYING/PROCESSING SYSTEM

BROOKFIELD, WI (NOVEMBER, 2000)…

   HEIL ENGINEERED SYSTEMS recently completed a new boiler bottom ash and fly ash handling system for Montenay Power Corp. at the Miami-Dade County Resource Recovery Facility.  The new system replaced a troublesome ash handling system that was prone to blockages, spillage, and unscheduled downtime.  All four boilers burn 100% RDF, which is produced by one of two fuel preparation systems, provided by Heil in 1990 and 1997. 

   The new system included the following:

  • Submerged drag conveyors to handle the boiler siftings on all four boilers.
  • Screw conveyors to handle the boiler fly ash on all four boilers.
  • Vibratory conveyors on each boiler to handle the combined bottom ash, siftings, and fly ash.
  • Common belt conveyors to transport the collected ash to a loadout building.
  • A new ash processing building which contained a magnetic separator and eddy current separator to automatically remove residual ferrous and non-ferrous from the ash.
  • A ferrous and non-ferrous loadout bunker with transport conveyors.
  • System electrical controls including motor starters, touch screen interface, and tie in to boiler DCS system.

Ash processing building and ferrous and non-ferrous loadout conveyors.  Ferrous and non-ferrous separators are located inside the building.