The South African energy supplier Eskom is building one of the world's largest coal-fired power plants, with an output of 4800 MW, in Medupi, about 248.5 miles north of Johannesburg. It consists of six 800 MW blocks. The power plant will be equipped with the latest bag filter systems for dust reduction. Dlubal's long-time customer Prof. Schmidt & Partner was commissioned by the company Balcke-Dürr, NL Rothemühle, with the structural design and calculation of the bag filter housing, including the flue gas/clean gas ducts, the support structure, and the staircase. A particular challenge was the consideration of South African standards and semi-finished products (cross-sections). The extensive RFEM profile database was a great help here.

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