EDF has awarded Fives Pillard a contract for 45 flame detectors (Packscan Safyr type) to be fitted on 3 pulverised coal fired units of 250 MW each, at the Blenod power plant (France), replacing the competitor’s existing detectors.
Fives Pillard adds this site to the list of power plants already equipped in France and Belgium:
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EDF :
Cordemais 2 et 3 (2 x 700 MWe)
Aramon 1 & 2 (2 x 700 MWe)
Porcheville B1 & B2 (2 x 600 MWe)
Martigues (250 MWe)
La Maxe ( 250 MWe, also for a coal application)
ELECTRABEL :
Ruien (1x 300 MWe)
Les Awirs (1x 300 MWe) |
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Packscan Safyr type detector |
Fives Pillard also has various significant references abroad (Romania, Algeria, Hungary, etc…) thereby confirming the design criteria of simplicity and reliability for its flame detectors.