Electric Smelting Furnace Off-Gas System Design

Client: South32 – Cerro Matoso
Location: Colombia

Preliminary and basic engineering of a new off-gas system for Electric Smelting Furnace #1 and #2.

Key Project Elements:

  • Primary and secondary fume collection design
  • Double capacity of existing secondary baghouse
  • Redirect primary and secondary gases to expanded secondary baghouse
  • Basic engineering – Process, mechanical, and civil/structural
  • Equipment sizing, specification preparation, 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 August 2008 Basic Engineering EF#1 August 2009 Detail Engineering EF#1 December 2010 Commissioning EF#1 June 2013