Clyde Bergemann Power Group (CBPG) Granted U.S. Patent for Remote Wet-to-Dry Bottom Ash Handling Technology
Wesel, April 2017
CBPG continues to advance its position as the global technology leader in ash handling solutions with an awarded U.S. Patent for the remote submerged scraper conveyor for the dewatering of bottom ash slurry.
The new patent, U.S. Patent #9,593,850, is for a Remote Submerged Scraper Conveyor (RSSC) to dewater bottom ash slurry discharge at power plants per the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Effluent Limitation Guidelines (ELG) & Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) regulations. The RSSC consists of a modified Submerged Scraper Conveyor remotely located from the boiler to continuously receive and dewater bottom ash slurry, while minimizing the fines discharged into the recirculated water. The bottom ash is separated from the slurry through underflow baffles and a series of overflow troughs and weirs within the conveyor. Clyde Bergemann is currently utilizing this technology to dewater bottom ash and pyrites at a large utility in the southern United States.
“We are thrilled to be awarded this new patent,” said Dominick Garton, President of the Clyde Bergemann Power Group Americas, “This patent demonstrates to our customers, prospects and the wider industry that we are innovators and leaders in technological solutions for ELG/CCR compliance.”
About Clyde Bergemann Power Group:
The Clyde Bergemann Power Group is a globally operating company offering innovative products and services for companies focusing on energy related production processes. Relying on its worldwide organization, Clyde Bergemann supplies process-critical products and system solutions, which are key to an efficient and environmentally sound energy and base material generation.
The Group’s main activities lie in the following areas:
- Energy efficiency solutions,
- Boiler cleaning systems,
- Materials handling systems for fly and bottom ash,
- Flue gas cleaning equipment,
- Damper and bypass technologies as well as exhaust gas handling systems for gas turbines,
- Vacuum belt filter systems for the treatment of gypsum from flue gas cleaning processes,
- Combustion air systems, and
- Heat exchangers and energy recovery systems
Used in thermal power plants, industrial boiler systems and similar combustion processes as well as in extractive industry applications, Clyde Bergemann technology makes important contributions for optimized, more efficient and low-emission operations.