NOx Scrubber

This NOx Scrubber Project is an Industrial Equipment Installation in Upstate, SC for our specialty chemical manufacturing client.

To support them, we employ up to 40 personnel on-site to create a support network for their capital investments.

The intention of this installation is to support their refinement process to better the plant’s efficiency and production, with regards to environmental impact.

The NOx Scrubber project involved reworking an existing area to add a new production process for the plant. We began by demolishing the old asphalt and concrete, and then placing new concrete slabs, foundations, and containments, which involves water stops.

Another key point is that the water stops involve splicing multiple types of stops together to aid in the containment.

After the new foundational placements, we then critically lift and set the three large new scrubbers which includes piping to the scrubbers, as well as pumps that require piping. We install schedule-10 stainless steel piping, CPVC, DurCor PTFE lined corrosion-resistant piping, FRP suction lines, 26” FRP ducting, as well as copper air lines.

We supervise the millwright and rigging team, who are NCCCO Certified and led by a master rigger, that undoubtedly needs to set the NOx scrubber machines within a day.

JDI’s iron workers concurrently work at the same time to install new structural steel around the scrubbers to aid in the access to the scrubbers for the operators. This involves a four-story system with platforms for each level.

Our mechanical and millwright teams then install an EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) Scrubber Support 20×20 square, three stories tall. This requires removing the scrubber stack; this was a replacement of existing scrubber system that had burned out.

Thereafter, JDI manages the pre-shutdown phase of modifying and removing the egress platform from around the scrubber, which involves taking out a large portion of structural steel. We also remove an FRP Scrubber with a large 275-ton crane to access and reinstall a new housing in place of the old one and place the structural steel back in place.

All in all this shutdown project is successful at supporting this critical chemical process. The foundation takes a month to complete, meanwhile mechanical takes three months.

Consequently, our abilities to deliver this industrial equipment installation for the NOx Scrubbers in a timely and precise manner are very helpful. The client knows they can count on JDI to complete critical projects on time and not jeopardize production.