Engineering news
A London-listed engineering firm has completed the delivery of cooler pumps for what is said to be one of the world’s largest “clean coal” projects.
Specialist Energy Group, which listed on the Alternative Investment Market at the beginning of the year and owns Luton-based pump and valve manufacturer Hayward Tyler, said the large cooler pumps had been delivered to systems integrators working on a big synthetic gasification, or “syngas”, plant in the US in a deal worth £2.5 million.
The company said the project represented an important step as it looked to position itself as a leader in supplying components used in clean coal projects.
In integrated gasification combined cycle power plants, coal is converted into synthetic gas, which is then processed to remove sulphur, mercury, ash and CO2.
The gas then goes to a traditional combined cycle power plant to efficiently produce electricity.
Ewan Lloyd-Baker, chief executive of Specialist Energy Group, said Hayward Tyler was already a leader in supplying pumps for conventional fossil-fuel fired and nuclear power stations. He added: “We see syngas technology as becoming an increasingly important part of the power generation mix,” he said. “Both overseas and closer to home, this trend is likely to increase and we want to be at the forefront.”
The deal was completed as Specialist Energy announced details of a new contract to supply two 520kW Hayward Tyler glandless motor pumps for use in a new coal-fired power station in China. The pumps will be used in two 600MW advanced supercritical once-through boilers, which are intended to achieve a significant reduction in CO2 emissions compared with conventional coal-fired power stations.
Specialist Energy said it had an installed base of more than 500 pumps in China and the Far East. Lloyd-Baker said: “We are the market leader in supplying boiler circulating pumps into China.” The Chinese market is serviced by a facility in Kunshan, near Shanghai.