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Elm Road Units #1-2 600-MW Coal-fired Boilers
Location: Oak Creek, WI
Owner: WE Energies
Contractor: Bechtel Power
Date Completed: October 2010
Scope of Work
APi Construction's boiler scope included the supply and installation of all insulation, lagging, and jacketing on two side-by-side 600-MW Hitachi supercritical coal-fired boilers and the associated boiler piping.
In addition to the boiler scope, APi provided all the insulation, lagging, and pipe jacketing throughout the remainder of both new plants. Throughout the turnkey project, APi supplied and installed nearly 950,000 SF of insulation and lagging on:
- two Hitachi 600-MW supercritical coal fired boilers
- two Hitachi selective catalytic seduction systems (SCR's)
- two Hitachi steam turbines
- two Alstom fabric filter dust collectors
- four Howden in-line induced draft fans
- other miscellaneous equipment.
In addition, API installed more than 124,000 LF of pipe insulation and jacketing on the balance of plant systems, boiler and turbine piping systems, two Alstom wet precipitators, and two Alstom wet scrubbers.