The Babcock & Wilcox Company to Design and Construct New Boiler and Environmental Equipment for Wyoming Power Plant.BARBERTON, Ohio Barberton is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 27,899 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Akron metropolitan area and has the ZIP code 44203. Geography Barberton is located at (41.015805, -81. -- The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) has received a contract valued at more than $40 million from Black Hills Corporation to deliver and erect a coal-fired boiler and environmental control equipment at the Wygen II Station in Gillette, Wyo. B&W will engineer, procure and construct a 90-megawatt (MW) boiler, selective catalytic reduction Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) is a means of removing nitrogen oxides, often the most abundant and polluting component in exhaust gases, through a chemical reaction between the exhaust gases, a (reductant) additive, and a catalyst. (SCR (Sequence Control Register) See program counter. ) system, spray dryer A spray dryer is a device used in spray drying. It takes a liquid stream and separates the solute or suspension as a solid and the solvent into a vapor. The solid is usually collected in a drum or cyclone. absorber and baghouse, and auxiliary equipment. Pressure parts for the project will be supplied by Babcock & Wilcox Beijing Co., Ltd. in Beijing, China. Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc., will begin construction in 2006, and the unit is scheduled for commercial operation in October 2007. "B&W has had a relationship with Black Hills Corporation dating to 1969," said David L. Keller, B&W president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Wygen I went operational in 2003 and now we are extremely pleased to be selected to supply Wygen II, which will serve Black Hills Corporation's Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power customers in Wyoming. The customer is committed to operating an extremely cost competitive plant and to protecting the environment. We're looking forward to achieving positive results with this project." Black Hills Corporation is a diversified energy company headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is a city located in the western part of South Dakota and is the second largest city in the state of South Dakota after Sioux Falls. Set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills, Rapid City is in the county of PenningtonGR6 USA. . Black Hills supplies electric utility service to 38,000 Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power customers in Cheyenne, Wyo., and 62,000 Black Hills Power customers in western South Dakota, northeastern Wyoming, and southeastern Montana. The independent wholesale energy business unit engages in the production of electricity, coal, crude oil and natural gas, primarily in the Rocky Mountain region The Rocky Mountain Region is a floristic region within the Holarctic Kingdom in western North America (Canada and the United States) delineated by Armen Takhtajan and Robert F. Thorne. and the related marketing of such products in various markets throughout the United States. The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a unit of McDermott International, Inc., a leading worldwide energy services company. McDermott subsidiaries manufacture steam-generating equipment, environmental equipment, and products for the U.S. government. They also provide engineering and construction services for the offshore oil and natural gas industries. |
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