Case Study
Power Station - Ceramic Plates
Power Station - Ceramic Plates Customer: Power Station Location: South America Equipment supplied 80 x Porous ceramic plates for coal ash fluidised bed Enquiry Castle Pumps were contacted by an existing power station customer of theirs who required replacement porous ceramic plates for a fluidised bed that was operating inefficiently as a consequence of its age. The fluidised bed was contained within a silo with a capacity of 540M3 which was designed to keep the fly ash slurry fluid. The ceramic blocks needed to be resistant to a temperature of 800°C, have the same porosity, and be manufactured to the exact same size of the existing ceramic plates to enable easy replacement during the tight maintenance window. Bonding was also required to secure the plates. Solution Castle Pumps Ltd has a