Clean roads in the USA

Duke Energy is one of the largest electricity holding companies in the United States, serving 7.7 million retail customers in six states. It has approximately 51,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the Midwest and Florida. In the past, the company has operated many large coal-fired plants, among other things. However, as a modern and innovative company, Duke is now increasingly moving to cleaner energy sources. This means the gradual decommissioning of the coal-fired power plants and the removal of fly ash, which has been generated locally from decades of power generation.

In order to avoid pollution of the public roads by trucks leaving the site, Duke Energy contacted MobyDick USA in mid-2018 and asked for a tire and chassis cleaning concept at three of their sites. Four trucks per location have to be cleaned, which drive over the MobyDick Wheel Washing System about 50 times in a 10 hour day and are loaded with 25 tons of fly ash.

Recently the first plant was put into operation. It is a modern MobyDick ONE installation with a length of about 7.20 meters, which allows a cleaning during two full wheel rotations. Thanks to the 50m3 recycling tank with integrated scraper conveyor an uncomplicated and efficient water treatment is guaranteed. The whole installation as well as all preparations on site (excavation, foundation etc.) were carried out by the FRUTIGER subsidiary MobyDick Total Solutions. Further information on www.mobydick.com