Kansas City Power & Light
Kansas City, Missouri
An explosion during a maintenance outage on February 17, 1999, destroyed the original Hawthorn Unit 5 boiler. In August 1999,
B&W was released to design, supply, erect and commission a complete replacement boiler on an accelerated schedule. The new boiler began generating electricity in June 2001, only 22 months from project commencement.
Plant Owner
Kansas City Power & Light
Plant Name
Hawthorn Unit 5
Location
Kansas City, Missouri
Owner’s Consulting Engineer
Burns & McDonnell
B&W Scope
- Complete boiler island from coal-conveying system to stack, including:
- structural steel
- dry FGD
- fabric filter
- ash systems
- electrical, including motor control centers, switchgear, and wiring
- auxiliary piping systems
- critical piping to the turbines
- Construction by Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc. (BWCC), a B&W subsidiary
- Architectural services for the boiler island
- Startup and commissioning services
Pollution control equipment on Hawthorn Unit 5 includes an SCR system for NOx reduction, dry FGD for SO2 control, and a pulse jet fabric filter for particulate control.
