Air Preheater Enhancement Matra Power Station, Hungary
Modifications to the air preheaters on the Unit 3 boiler of Matra Power Station reduced leakage and improved boiler efficiency by 1.9%

Air Preheater Enhancement Ensted Power Station Denmark
In 1996 Howden modified air preheaters at Ensted Power Station to accept new gas conditions imposed by the retrofit of an SCR plant. New elements, cleaning lances and sealing systems have resulted in the plant operating successfully.

Air Preheater Enhancement Ince Power Station UK
As part of the conversion to Orimulsion firing on unit 5 of Ince B Power Station, Howden air heater enhancements contributed to an extra 25 MW output

Air Preheater Enhancement Kingsnorth Power Station UK
By replacing adjustable sealing with fixed sealing on the air heaters of Units 1 & 2 of Kingnorth PS, the leakage was reduced from 14 to 7%

Air Preheater Enhancement Longannet Power Station UK
Howden modifications to the air heater at the 2400MW Longannet Power Station reduced both fouling and leakage and increased plant availability.

Air Preheater Enhancement Shajiao A Power Station China
Replacing the stationary matrix design of air preheaters at Shajiao Power Station, with Howden VN preheaters resulted an increase in unit output of 20MW and a payback period of less than 2 years.

Air Preheater Enhancement Shentou Power Station China
Air preheaters at Shentou Power Station were permitting excessive amounts of leakage, due to erosion of the sealing surfaces. Conversion to the Howden VN sealing system reduced leakage from 17% to 6%.

Air Preheater Enhancement West Burton Power Station UK
Modifications to incorporate the Howden VN sealing system on the air heaters of West Burton Power Station halved the air leakage, which allowed the station to generate an additional 20 MW from each unit.

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CVRD’s São Luis plant in Brazil
In 2002 Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) established its twelfth iron ore pelletising plant in the city of São Luis, Maranhão State, in the northeast region of Brazil.

Fan upgrade at Asnaes power station
Howden has upgraded the induced draught fans at Asnaes power station in preparation for the installation low NOx emissions control equipment.

Howden Cooling Fans - OMV Refinery
OMV has a large refinery outside the Austrian capital of Vienna. Typically, large cooling towers are a key part of the installations at such a plant. After 18 years of operation, cooling tower number 3 required replacement of the rotating equipment, i.e. the fans and drive trains. In addition, OMV has...