PHELPS DODGE COPPER MELTING FURNACE Designed the MEP infrastructure for a new five-story copper melting furnace. Phelps Dodge (now Freeport McMoran) is a major producer of copper rod throughout the globe. To keep up with this demand, Goodwin Engineering was hired to design the MEP infrastructure for a new five-story copper melting furnace at its El Paso plant. ENGINEERING OFF THE CHARTS The scope of this project required unique mechanical, electrical, and piping engineering to accommodate a complex infrastructure of processes required for a furnace manufactured by Asarco. Numerous intermediate processes were designed throughout the five-story structure. Features of the design included a 900 HP multi-stage fan to supply high-pressure combustion air, stack design, stack heat recovery for use in preheating the combustion air, and preheating natural gas to the burners. The combustion air pressures and temperatures were so high, that SMACNA duct sizing charts could not be used. Goodwin developed a high pressure/high-temperature duct sizing model to calculate all duct materials, duct thicknesses, and duct supports at the high pressures and high temperatures demanded by the project. Other features included a pneumatic control system supplied by the high-pressure combustion air ductwork and natural gas piping conveying natural gas at several hundred degrees. Previous Project Next Project © 2021 Goodwin Engineering.

GOODWIN ENGINEERING BUILDING AMERICA PROJECTS ANDREWS DORMITORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN FLAT CREEK ESTATE WINERY CITY OF AUSTIN WATER TREATMENT PLANT NO. 4 AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN PHELPS DODGE COPPER MELTING FURNACE EL PASO ISD BOWIE HIGH SCHOOL DOMAINE CORDIER VINEYARD SOUTH AUSTIN TRANSFER STATION CITY OF AUSTIN PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY FAR SOUTHEAST AUSTIN EMS AUSTIN BERGSTROM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GOODWIN ENGINEERING Bonita Road, Clint, Texas 79836 +1 915-590-1622 115 E 3rd Street Taylor, TX 76574 +1 512-349-9667 Contact Us First Name * Last Name * Email * Message * SEND © 2021 Goodwin Engineering.