Fly Ash Load-out facilities

PSE provided civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, as well as instrumentation and controls design for fly ash load-out systems at fourteen of our client’s coal-fired power plants. The project included designing a 120-foot cantilever structure over the Red River in Louisiana to support barge-loading equipment, material and personnel.

Services Provided:

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING:

  • Design of storage silos, bag houses, air slide conveyors and bucket elevators

  • Design of piping, screw conveyors, and other material transfer components

  • Telescoping chute design for simultaneous loading of up to six barges

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING:

  • Design of truck and train loading structures

  • Design of 120-ft cantilever frame for barge loading equipment

  • Specification and design of footings, foundations and platforms

  • Pipe support design

  • Design of 120 ft x 320 ft fly ash storage building

CIVIL/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING:

  • Dust suppression design

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:

  • Power transmission and distribution for load-out facilities

  • Design and specification of instrumentation for material transfer systems

  • Electrical design for storage building and conveyor systems

PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

  • Managed scope, schedule and budget

  • Handled all document control

CONSTRUCTION PHASE:

  • Construction management

ServicesBrent MaxwellMining & Metals, Loadout