Case Studies

The introduction of Howden's VN seal system to the air preheaters brought an immediate drop in leakage level from 26% to 5%.

Howden completed a retrofit of VARIAX ID fans on the 640MW unit 5 at Asn?s Power Station, Denmark.

The Howden Free Floating Piston is a proven unique technolgy that turns the weakest point to one of the strongest, which removes rider bands wear at a stroke

Berre Petrochemical Cluster, which includes polypropylene and polyethylene plants, trusted Howden to reduce its power costs by 7% within a 3 year return on investment.

VentSim? CONTROL technologies result in impressive cost and energy savings while also raising productivity at Goldcorp Eleonore gold mine.

Fresnillo mine is one of the most technologically advanced deep mines in the world, and incorporates VentSim? CONTROL ventilation management.

UPTIME provides advanced compressor performance analysis at Gunvor Petroleum in the Netherlands

Howden worked with a North American hard rock mine to introduce a Ventilation on Demand system using VentSim? CONTROL technology.

Installing a bigger hub at Herningv?rket, reducing installation costs and future service expenses.

The understanding and knowledge provided by Howden is an essential factor when installing additional equipment on your compressors.

New integrally geared compressor (IGC) results in power savings up to 31MW/h a day

Replacement of primary plate heaters with Howden custom designed rotary air preheaters.

200 bar to 300 bar hybrid compressor retrofit for helium capacity filling

At Millmerran Power Station, Howden provides a tailored service that supports their needs of the plant to prepare for their upcoming major outage.

New boiler and FGD processes called for a total change of the ID booster fan at a power plant in Plzen

Howden develop method to drastically reduce the cylinder repair time of reciprocating compressors.

Upgrade your reciprocating compressor with our innovative coated liner solution.

The introduction of Howden's HC element to the air preheater resulted in extended operational times.

Huge savings were realised by using Howden's turnkey service to reduce heater leakage and running costs.

A large chemical plant on the east coast of the United States contacted Howden to perform a full Turnkey project on their critical path air preheaters.

Howden expertise solves long lasting problems with an axial fan at Uniper's Franken plant.

During the first few months after the deployment of Uptime, VEAS experienced two distinct challenges where the benefits of Uptime were clearly demonstrated.

VentSim? CONTROL case study for three typical mining projects.

Replacement of existing blades at the Wangqu Thermal Power Station

Building the world?s biggest reciprocating compressor - a white paper and video.

Efficient engineering solves impeller failures at the Wibank coalfield.

Centrifugal Fan

At Tarmac (Dunbar cement plant, UK), their existing Raw Mill fan was replaced with an enhanced Howden design in 2007.