Waukegan, Illinois
AQEC Dry Sorbent Injection – Units 7 and 8
Client / Owner
NRG Energy
Architect / Engineer
Sargent & Lundy, LLC
Market
Power
Company
Graycor Industrial
Project Scope
Under a joint venture partnership between Sargent & Lundy and Graycor Industrial, the GSL team engineered and installed Air Quality Environmental Control (AQEC) Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) systems for S02 reduction and control for NRG’s units 6 (Powerton) and units 7 and 8 (Waukegan). The projects included BOP engineering, installation of the DSI system, foundations, piping, conduit and cabling, air and water systems, equipment skids incorporating blowers, mills, chillers and dehumidifiers, DCS interface controls, equipment building and associated HVAC, trona storage silos, and road upgrades.
Balance-of-plant (BOP) engineering was designed by Sargent & Lundy, with construction executed by Graycor.
Scope of Work:
BOP design engineering
DSI system installation
ESP modifications (SMPS installation) – Powerton project only
Pre-operational testing
Material and BOP equipment procurement
Foundations
Trona silo assembly and setting (3 total)
Complete underground electrical and piping
Installation of cable trays for ESP modifications – Powerton project only