Coal Power Stations

MCU-Coatings have been used extensively in Europe to protect coal power station assets.

It is no secret that our coal-fired power stations are ageing and they are expensive to maintain, because they are highly susceptible to corrosion from the coal dust, heat and moisture they generate.

With our base resin we are able to seal and protect the boiler steel and turbine housing structures, waste pipes and FGD system, the chimney, storage tanks and conveyor systems – all with the same primer, because the primer bonds, really well, to both steel and concrete. Our coatings have also performed well in C 5 environments and we also have case studies and test results to prove it!  We do not need an array of specialist coatings to confuse and impress.

Our standard two-coat system to provide long term protection to coal fired power stations is MCU-Zinc at 150µm DFT and MCU-Miotopcoat at 75µm DFT:

• Single-component system that can be brushed, rolled or sprayed
• Unlimited open times in a closed pot
• It is not weather restricted:
  • can be applied between 6% – 99% relative humidity
  • can be applied at -15°C and even onto 70°C steel surfaces
  • no dew point restrictions; and
  • are not troubled by rain events 15 minutes after application
• Uses surface tolerant universal primers
• Can be over-coated in 45 minutes, which is useful when carrying out planned shutdown maintenance works
• Has excellent abrasion and impact resistance
• Does not embrittle over time and has excellent UV resistance
• Our MCU-Coatings bond tenaciously to good ‘old’ coatings