Baghouse build gets underway

TRENTON - Gawkers in the vicinity of the Trenton Generating Station may be aware of a new piece of equipment on the horizon.
Work is getting underway to install a baghouse, a massive filter to all but eliminate soot emanating from the plant's Unit 5 stack.
Stacey Pineau, a spokesperson for Nova Scotia Power, said the crane was brought to the generating station to install the eight modules which make up the baghouse.
"They're going to put those in place on the structural steel starting on Monday and they'll use the crane to do that," Pineau said.
It's expected the work will take about a week.
A.W. Leil Cranes and Equipment Ltd is doing the lifting under contract from a New Brunswick Company. Also onsite are CBCL, which was working on excavating at the site, and Higgins Construction.
The remainder of the construction, which includes the installation of a new generator and the connecting of the rest of the equipment to the new baghouse, will take place during an annual maintenance shutdown at the plant from July 25 to Sept. 9.
However, the assembly of the baghouse won't interfere with normal operations of the plant, so it can continue up until the shutdown.
Everything is expected to be wrapped up sometime in the fall, though there's no firm date yet. Pineau said, for the time being, the project is on budget and on schedule. Original costs associated with the project were expected to reach $45 million.
Larry MacDonald, of A.W. Leil Crane, said the crane is a CC2400 Demag crawler. It has a capacity of 440 tons, with 98 feet of main boom and 170 feet of lufing jib. Luffing jib cranes, like this one, are useful for working in confined spaces. MacDonald said it's a brand new crane and the largest conventional crane in the company's fleet.