LUKE, MARYLAND PAPER MILL PETROLUEM COKE DENSI-FEED™ SYSTEM
Darren Jarvis • November 1, 2008
Matrix was awarded a contract to provide a pulverized petcoke fuel delivery system for one kiln utilizing a truck/railcar unloading system, storage silo, feed system, pneumatic conveying system, and all the necessary instrumentation. We successfully commissioned this project in October 2008. The system utilizes natural gas and petcoke. The petcoke system provides 90 MMBtu/hour (3.0 tons per hour) to the kiln using a Coen burner.
Although the mill itself is located in Luke, Maryland, the Lime Kiln is located next to it in West Virginia on the banks of the beautiful Potomac river. The 90ft long silo was actually delivered in one piece along mountain roads to be placed near the firing end of the kiln.