Lünen

investment:
coal-fired power plant

scope:
steel structure fabrication drawings (workshop drawings) / connection design and statics

location:
Lünen / Germany

timeline:
2008 – 2010

In September 2008, we were awarded a contract for the structural steel design of the boiler house (UHA) and the turbine house (UMA), implemented by Trianel.
In those years, this new unit was one of many similar projects in our western neighboring country. An electrical output of 750 MWe and an efficiency of 46% were more than respectable parameters, vastly superior to the specifications of the replaced, worn-out units.
We designed over 8,000 tonnes of structural steel while simultaneously implementing Tekla Structures in our office (and for this project). It was a massive challenge that we successfully met.
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In the foreground – an impressive 1,200-tonne crawler crane. In the background – the final stage of assembling the steel structure of the boiler house. Building height: 110 meters.
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The turbine house columns were designed as I-section plate girders with a cross-section height of up to 1.5 m. In view of such dimensions, a double bracing system was decided upon to stabilize each of the column flanges separately.
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