Auxiliary boiler installation

About this project

Client

DTE Energy – Detroit Edison

Location

Michigan

Cost

$1.3 million (Barr's fees)

Completion date

2016

Barr provided a wide range of services for the installation of three new natural-gas-fired auxiliary boilers (two 75,000-pounds-per-hour boilers and one 60,000-pounds-per-hour boiler) at DTE Energy’s Trenton Channel Power Plant to replace four coal-fired boilers.

Our services included analysis and design of structural steel, supports, and concrete foundations; analysis and design of piping systems; design of power distribution and control panels; and construction support.

The natural-gas-fired boilers were part of the utility’s energy generation transformation to upgrade the aging facility (constructed in Trenton, Michigan, in the 1920s) and meet U.S. EPA mercury and air toxic standards.

Key team members

Senior Structural Engineer

Vice President
Senior Mechanical Engineer

William Mullinix

Vice President
Senior Mechanical Engineer

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