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SPX to supply state of art technology for new power plant in the Netherlands |
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Tuesday, 23 June 2009 |
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SPX Corporation, the premier
manufacturer and supplier of ultraviolet dyes and inspection lamps to the
automotive, HVAC/R and industrial markets, recently announced that its thermal
equipment and services segment will provide electrostatic precipitators and air
preheaters for a new coal-fired power plant in Maasvlakte, in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands, to reduce dust emissions and enhance thermal efficiency of plants
boiler.
SPXs highly efficient, Balcke-Durr-branded electrostatic precipitators
are designed to remove fine particulate matter such as dust and smoke from the
Maasvlakte plants air stream, while our Balcke-Durr-branded air preheaters
serve to reduce the useful heat lost in the flue gas and thus increase the
thermal efficiency of the plants boiler, said Drew Ladau, SPX segment
president.
The Maasvlakte power plant
is being built by E.ON Benelux, one of the largest utilities in Europe, is expected to become operational in 2012. At
that time, it is projected to generate approximately seven percent of the total
electricity demand in the Netherlands.
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