Powitec Intelligent Technologies

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July 2011:

Malakoff orders for their Tanjung bin Power Plant customer orders the PiT Navigator for a 750 MWel power boiler with the target to increase the boiler efficiency by reducing the excess air
Solution no. 100 sold to the cement industry
New presentation on this homepage for the product areas Thermal Power Plants, Cement Plants and Waste To Energy Plants
New overview (3.5 MB) about Solutions for Thermal Power Plants
New overview (3.5 MB) about Solutions for Cement- and Lime-Plants
New overview (1.5 MB) about Solutions for Waste To Energy Plants

May 2011:

Evonik orders the PiT Navigator as well for the second boiler (210 MWel)
at the Fenne site
Powitec presents on the VGB Workshop Flue Gas Cleaning 2011 in Helsinki from 25th to 26th together with Evonik the results of the High Efficiency SNCR at MKV Fenne. The lecture can be downloaded here...
New overview about the Powitec solutions for the Power Industry
CEZ orders the PiT Navigator for a 200 MWel lignite fired boiler including installation of the Online-CFD in Czech Republic
New Video about the Online-CFD
New and strongly broadend online content

April 2011:

The VDZ reports about the co-firing of alternative fuels in rotary kilns and the impacts on the main burner with regard to flame shape and temperature profiles. The analysis of the effects was carried out with the mobile Powitec Thermography.

March 2011:

VGB PowerTech publishes an article about SOFCOM - Self-optimizing strategy for control of the combustion process.
Cemex Beckum certifies the PiT Navigator Mill an increase in throughput of 9.5%.
Powitec presents on the conference Kotle a energetická zarízení 2011, 14.-16.03.2011 in Brno in the Czech Republic.

February 2011:

Powitec receives the order to deliver a High-Efficiency-SNCR to Dyckerhoff AG. The solution comprises of an adaptive self-learning controller, SPS-emergency-controller, online-3D-temperature-modelling in the rising duct, coating detector to estimate the current coating situation in the rising duct as well as a spraying system with amount and pressure control per nozzle.
International Cement Review reports about new developements: PiT Navigator Cooler, the full automatic, optimising camera-supported clinker cooler control.
Powitec receives a promotion from the German Ministry for Environment

January 2011:

Powitec introduces the NEW Powitec Online-CFD: Fascinating live 3D-insights of temperature changes in a large scaled steam generator.
ZENIT (Centre for innovation and technology NRW) reports (only in German) about the "hidden champion" Powitec - the "technology leader in development and installation of dynamic control systems for automating complex production flows".

December 2010:

Video showing the automatic burn out line analysis and control in Waste-to-Energy plants

November 2010:

Videos about the Powitec Technology for cement production Adaptive Electronic Dust Filter (AEDF) for minimising the dust impact in the thermography pictures; Software patented by Powitec
PiT Indicator (Intelligent Thermography for Rotary Kilns in the Cement Industry)
PiT Indicator SideView (Side view installation especially for the combustion of various waste fuels at the main burner)
PiT Navigator (Advanced Auto-Optimising Closed-loop Kiln Controls)
Lecture on the ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) in Hamburg about Advanced Combustion Optimisation with Flame Analysis for Waste-to-Energy plants.

September 2010:

Powitec delivers to Cement plant Leube a PiT Navigator (Non-Linear Model Predictive Control): Calciner, kiln and cooer, a PiT Predictor (NOx-Prognosis) and a PiT Indicator (Thermography) with 3 sensors (sintering zone, igniting area and cooler entree).
ICR publishes the article "Auto-optimising the Kiln". The self-learning adaptive optimiser is compared with outdated expert systems.
Pillard reports about the advantages of the Powitec Thermography at high alternative fuel rates: "a very helpful tool both for the customers and Pillard itself with which a faster and more effective optimization of the flame is possible"
Powitec exhibits on "VGB Kongress Kraftwerke 2010 in Essen, 22.-24.09.2010".

August 2010:

World Cement publishes the Article "Switching to Side View". This article describes in detail the advantages and technical possibilities provided through implementing the Side View Thermography at high alternative fuel rates at the main burner. With this system constantly over 80% alternative fuels at the main burner - with consistent high product quality - becomes possible.
Exhibition on the "VGB-Fachtagung Dampferzeuger, Industrie- und Heizkraftwerke 2010" including lecture from Claus Rosner (Head of Machine and Systems Engineering, Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG, Kraftwerk Tiefstack) about "Information based optimisation of the combustion at the co-generation power station Tiefstack" (German)

July 2010:

Vestforbraending orders - due to the high satisfaction with the performance of the PiT Navigator - another system from Powitec.

June 2010:

One of the largest cement kilns of the world (12000 tpd) will be equipped with the Powitec system. ACC New Wadi, India, decides for installation of PiT Indicator and PiT Predictor. The up to now largest cement kiln (10000 tpd, Holcim Ste. Genevieve) uses the Powitec systems already with success.

May 2010:

E.ON Schkopau decides for Powitec intelligent optimisation solutions for optimising the mill system to reduce the maintenance costs.
Powitec is proud to of having received the hundredth (100 !!!) order for the Powitec intelligent Thermography PiT Indicator

April 2010:

Powitec introduces the intelligent cement and clinker mill control to reduce specific energy consumption between 2% and 6%, reduce quality deviation (Blaine) by up to 30% and up to 10% more throughput. The product is suitable for ball mills and vertical mills.
Powitec introduced the cement and clinker mill filling degree indicator. The product is suitable for ball mills and vertical mills.

March 2010:

International Cement Review (ICR) publishes an article about the results of the Powitec installation at Märker Zement
More Information about the Powitec intelligent Thermography: PiT Indicator
Already 10 Side View Thermography in the field

February 2010:

Powitec receives the Innovation Price for Climate and Environment from the German Ministry for Environment and the Federation of German Industry (BDI). The scientific evaluation was carried out by the Fraunhofer-Institute for System and Innovation Research (ISI). The Minister for Environment Dr. Norbert Röttgen and BDI-CEO Hans-Peter Keitel presented in Berlin on 11. February the ward comes with a 25.000 € purse. Press release, pictures and a short trailer (25MB)

January 2010

December 2009:

The German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conversation and Nuclear Safety lists Powitec in the Umwelttechnologie-Atlas für Deutschland 2009 (Greentech Atlas for Germany 2009).
Portrait of Franz Wintrich (GM) in the Financial Times Deutschland

November 2009:

Powitec presents on the TCMA in Turkey (5. and 6. November in Antalya)
Powitec presents on the NCB in India (17. to 20. November in Delhi)
Conference for the Cement and Power Industry in Indonesia (24. November in Jakarta)

October 2009:

September 2009:

Powitec presents on 16. Sept 09 on the 24. Deutschen Flammentag
Powitec exhibits on the VGB-Kongress "Kraftwerke 2009" in Lyon (23.09.-25.09.09).

July 2009:

June 2009: