The new 40 MW biomass power plant being built for Energía y Celulosa S.A. (ENCE) in Huelva, Spain by Spanish general contractor, SENER, will deploy two Samson Material Feeders which have been ordered from Germany-headed bulk materials handling and storage specialists AUMUND Fördertechnik GmbH, part of the AUMUND Group.
the Huelva biomass power project, two units will be deployed (photo courtesy AUMUND).
The new Huelva biomass power plant currently under construction will use many different alternative fuels. According to AUMUND, the decision by SENER/ENCE in favour of the Samson machines was just as much a rejection of the originally planned deep pit solution. The two Samson Feeders will receive the various biomass materials, which can be delivered by several trucks at the same time, and convey them into the 40 MW biomass power plant.
Compared to the originally planned deep pit solution, the Samson machines demonstrate significant advantages on a number of levels. They are simply positioned at ground level and can receive bulk materials directly from dump trucks or self-unloading trailers and can convey moist, sticky bulk materials without bridging.
Significantly less dust is produced due to the extraction of material rather than reception of falling material from heights, and last but not least, robustness and reliability make the Samson Material Feeder a durable all-rounder the company says.
A particularly striking advantage compared to the deep pit solution for the biomass power plant in Huelva is the significantly smaller enclosure that is required, and consequently the much smaller volume of dust to be suppressed. Had the deep pit solution gone ahead, more extensive building modifications with higher investment costs would have been required
