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McON Air System succeeded in performance testing at Kendal Power Station

In the end of 2016, PROMECON received an order from Kendal power station (6 x 686 MWel) in South Africa to equip the secondary air ducts of unit 3 with the McON AIR measurement system to reliably monitor the air flow to the burners. This measurement by means of cross correlation (pattern recognition) utilizing the triboelectric effect (contact electrification) is a digital, drift and maintenance free method to determine the velocity of the air. The most important factor was however that the technology clearly fulfills the FFFR (fossil fuel firing regulation) set forward by ESKOM.

After conducting a CFD analysis of the predicted air flows in the ducts, the

best positions for the sensors were determined. After the installation and commissioning, a comparative cross-traversing mesh measurement covering the complete inner diameter of the duct using an S-pitot instrument was conducted to check and confirm the accuracy of the PROMECON measurement. The result was a predominant conformity of the two methods and the acceptance of the measurement as being reliable, but most of all drift and maintenance free to ensure an optimal combustion and safe operation of the unit.

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