Rotork Completes Automation Contract To Assist Decarbonisation At Lynemouth Power Station
Rotork has completed a contract to supply fully automated pneumatic control systems on high capacity biomass rail freight wagons supporting the decarbonisation project at Lynemouth Power Station
The Rotork design for auto-loading and discharging enables all controls, hand valves and visual indicators to be located in one place, providing safe and convenient access. Top and bottom hopper doors are operated by a magnetic sensor valve from a lineside magnet. The innovative design allows any wagon in the rake to be the arming wagon.
The fully automated control system enables quicker loading and unloading, requiring only supervision without manual intervention during operation. The proven design also allows for wagons to be separated and used in other rakes without any further configuration.
Lynemouth Power Station has generated electricity since 1972. The plant was originally built and operated by Alcan with the purpose of providing safe and secure energy for the production of aluminium at the adjacent Lynemouth Smelter.
The station ceased burning coal in 2015 and has now been converted to burn sustainable biomass, enabling the supply of up to 390 megawatts of low carbon electricity to the National Grid, enough for 450,000 homes.
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Monday 25 June 2018 / file under Engineering | Environmental | Power | Transportation