Neundorfer

Neundorfer Success Stories

We take pride in providing smart solutions, one customer at a time. Here are some of our success stories.

 

"The Neundorfer upgrades provide us with better ways to monitor and evaluate precipitator performance."
-Bill McGraw, Plant Engineer, Reliant Energy Cheswick Station 		   

  Neundorfer MVC Control   Cheswick Case Study: New Controls and POS
Neundorfer helped Reliant Energy's Cheswick station improve consistency and overall precipitator performance by installing upgraded controls and Particulate Optimization System (POS) software. 		 

 

 

"We've had $0 spent in maintenance and no downtime attributed to the sulfur feed system since the improvements were made on each unit."
-Jerry Ruc, Plant Manager and Engineer, Duke Energy Allen Station 		   

  Neundorfer Granular Sulfur System   Duke Energy--Allen Station: SO3 System Upgrades
When Duke Energy's Allen Steam Station started upgrades to the granular sulfur feed system for three of its units, the utility partnered with Neundorfer to reduce emissions and improve reliability. 		 

 

 

The customer now has a lot more information about the system and its operation, allowing them to solve problems more quickly and operate more efficiently.    

  Neundorfer SmartAsh   SmartAsh Case Study
A larger power generation plant needed to improve its fly ash evacuation system, and turned to Neundorfer. The system, serving 20 hoppers on three separate precipitators, was upgraded without requiring an outage. 		 

 

 

"The greatest benefit is that we can now prevent emissions from ever exceeding established opacity limits, and it does not require our round-the-clock attention."
-Alan Burck, Plant Engineer, Duke Energy Beckjord Station 		   

  Neundorfer Flue Gas Conditioning   Duke Energy--Beckjord
Installing separate SO3 flue gas conditioning systems on two units at Duke Energy's Beckjord Power Plant fixed ongoing struggles to maintain acceptable stack emission levels. Neundorfer provided one of the SO3 systems, and helped Duke Energy save money by refurbishing a system for the other unit. 		 

 

 

Neundorfer was able to apply expertise to optimize precipitator performance as well as monitoring and reporting capabilities. The utility has benefited with higher efficiencies and lower emissions at less cost.    

  Neundorfer consulting services   Midwestern Utility
A Midwestern utility serving 4.5 million customers had a problem: precipitator performance was sub-par, resulting in reduced power generation and undesirable opacity levels. Called in as a consultant, Neundorfer helped the utility identify causes and fix the problem through internal ESP modifications and upgrades to the flue gas conditioning and hopper evacuation systems. 		 

 

 

The silver lining of the cloud caused by the fire is that now Holnam is able to shut off any one of the precipitator units for maintenance while continuing production, which had previously not been possible.    

  Installing precipitator plates   Rising from the Ashes
Following a kiln outage in early 1997, a fire destroyed four precipitators at Holnam Cement in Clarksville, Missouri. Within two days, Neundorfer and Holnam had a plan for replacing ESP components. Eighteen weeks after the fire, the rebuild was complete.