Basin Electric Power Cooperative Wyoming Municipal Power Agency
Gillette, Wyoming

Plant Owner
Basin Electric Power Cooperative Wyoming Municipal Power Agency

Location
Gillette, Wyoming

Contract Order: 2007

Commercial Operation: 2011

B&W Scope

• Coal-fired boiler with air quality control equipment
• Construction by Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc.
• Startup and commissioning advisory services
• Training

Boiler Specifications 

• Boiler type: Pulverized coal-fired radiant drum boiler (RB Carolina-Type)
• Design fuel: Low sulfur Powder River Basin subbituminous coal
• Nominal capacity: 400 MW net
• Steam flow: 2,887,000 lb/h (364 kg/s)
• Superheater outlet pressure: 2483 psig (17.1 MPa)
• SH/RH outlet temperature:1055/1055 F (568/568 C)

Environmental Equipment

• B&W AireJet^® low NOx burners and overfire air
• Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) NOx removal system

Other Equipment Supplied by B&W 

• B&W Roll Wheel^® pulverizers, Series 89
• Sootblower boiler cleaning systems
• Powerclean® intelligent sootblowing system
• Dry bottom ash system

The 400 MW Dry Fork Station features a RB Carolina-type pulverized coalfired boiler and B&W AireJet^® low NOx burner technology.