Svea Nord Longwall Mine
B&F supply crucial equipment to sub zero climates
Mining in any part of the world means a harsh environment for the mechanical and electrical plant to be deployed. This is especially true in the Arctic Circle. Store Norske is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. They utilised B&F equipment for the Svea Nord longwall mine, with an annual output of 2 million tonnes of bituminous coal.
Industry
Mining
Products used
Power Centres and Loadcentres
Location
Svalbard, Norway
Client
Store Norsk
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The Project
Mining in any part of the world means a harsh environment for the mechanical and electrical plant to be deployed.
This is especially true in the Arctic Circle. Store Norske is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. They utilised B&F equipment for the Svea Nord longwall mine, with an annual output of 2 million tonnes of bituminous coal.
Average summer temperatures on Svalbard range from 3 to 7 °C (37.4 to 44.6 °F) in July, and winter temperatures from −13 to −20 °C (8.6 to −4.0 °F) in January, requiring specially heated electrical cables to ensure continuity of supply.
B&F have supplied a total of nineteen CHP-style, and seven TCS-style, multi-contactor power centres and load centres for longwall mining and coal clearance operations at Svea Nord, with transformer sizes up to 2MVA. These units have provided reliable operation in adverse conditions. The B&F equipment is specially adapted for this territory with dual-language display systems capable of transitioning from Norwegian to English and back again at the touch of a key.
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