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Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH Increases Storage Capacity for HOK Rotary Hearth Furnace
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COLOGNE, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- Rising Demand Worldwide - Silo Capacity Enlarged by 900 Tons
Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH (RBB) has rented additional silo capacities
totalling 1,800 m3 from the firm Alfred Talke GmbH & Co. KG to enable the
company to go on meeting the growing demand for activated lignite in the
environmental area. This step will ensure greater storage capacity as
logistic support for positive developments overseas and help underpin
security of supply for customers. With the rented volume of some 900 tons,
the maximum storage capacity for the HOK activated lignite produced by RWE
Power AG rises to a total of 10,000 tons.
The tower silo system is located on the business premises of Talke, a
logistics firm, in Hurth and comprises ten individual silos in all with a
capacity of 150 or 200 m3 each. Four different activated carbon types are
stored there, with grain sizes extending from granules to super-milled HOK
Super.
This rotary hearth furnace coke derived from lignite, which is used in
the capture of pollutants and is marketed worldwide by RBB under the brand
name "Activated Lignite HOK(R)", has special properties that yield an
adsorbent and catalyst which is in demand in numerous environmental fields.
Typical applications - besides waste water and drinking water treatment -
include waste-gas and waste-air cleaning in refuse incineration and in the
steel industry, where HOK is deployed globally as low-cost and highly
effective sorbent.
Global use: Refuse incineration, power plants, steel industry
Even in the US, the activated carbon from Rhenish lignite is now helping
lower air pollution levels. Besides sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides,
mercury poses a special challenge for US power plants. Here, too, "Activated
Lignite HOK(R)" has proved to be both an outstandingly effective and a
low-cost adsorbent.
At RWE Power, activated lignite is produced using an especially designed
applied pyrolysis and activation process which creates the special
properties. The process, which has been optimized on a basis of decades of
experience, guarantees a low-priced bulk product at a constant high quality
level in compliance with DIN ISO 9002. With an annual capacity of 200,000
tons, RWE AG is the world's largest producer of activated lignite.
In view of the rising demand from overseas, the Hurth location offers the
best prerequisites: there, Talke operates a modern bulk thrower system
designed to fill maritime containers. This speeds up packaging and loading on
the spot and is an optimal solution for the further transportation of HOK
products.
Media contact:
Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH
Juergen Wirling
Senior Manager, Waste Gas and Water Treatment
Ludwigstrasse
D-50226 Frechen
T: +49(0)221/480-22520
F: +49(0)221/480-1369
SOURCE: Rheinbraun Brennstoff GmbH
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