Electric Smelting Furnace Off-Gas System Design (BHP Billiton: Cerro Matoso)

Client: BHP Billiton—Cerro Matoso
Location: Colombia

  • Preliminary & Basic Engineering of a new off-gas system for Electric Smelting Furnace #1 and #2
  • Primary & secondary fume collection design
  • Expanded secondary baghouse (double capacity)
  • Equipment sizing, specification, and bid evaluation
  • Commissioning and performance testing
Project History
Preliminary Engineering EF#2 March 2006 Gas Analysis Testing EF#2 June 2006 Basic Engineering EF#2 June 2007 Commissioning EF#2 Aug 2008 Basic Engineering EF#1 Aug 2009 Detail Engineering EF#1 Dec 2010