ENERGY

DIVISION
URUGUAY
Ph.: (598) 2929 1064
berkes@berkes.com.uy
www.berkes.com.uy
BELGIUM
Ph.: (32) 2634 2500
christian.grange@berkes.es
www.berkes.es
SPAIN
Ph.: (34) 917 428 755
contacto@berkes.es
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BRAZIL
contato@berkes.com.br
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CHILE
contacto@berkes.cl
www.berkes.cl

THE ORGANIZATION
1100 employees

ENERGY DIVISION

CONSTRUCTION DIVISION

INDUSTRY DIVISION

600 in civil works

80 in workshops

250 in Electromechanical erection works

170 in Headquarters (80 engineers)

CONSTRUCTION
DIVISION

Hydraulic Works, Treatment Plants

Soil movement, foundations and
on site concrete structures
Precast concrete
Ports

INDUSTRY
DIVISION

Silos
Grains Cells
Steel structures
Industrial Plants
Architecture

Electromechanical Assemblies
Maintenance of industrial installations
Steel structures
Storage tanks (API tanks)

ENERGY DIVISION

Design, manufacture, supply, commissioning and start up

Steam boilers

Hot water boilers

Hot gas Generators

Thermal oil boilers

Power Boilers

Turnkey projects
Operation and Maintenance of Thermal Plant
Engineering services

Detailed engineering

Electric engineering, instrumentation and control

Purchasing management and logistics

Erection supervision, erection, and commissioning

Flue gas treatment

After-sales services
Operative and maintenance staff training

INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE

CORNER TUBE ERK BOILERS

BERKES is a EckRohrKessel Gmbh licensee since 2004, who offer its

know-how and technical support for the design of watertube boilers.
Under this license, BERKES has already built and erected 14 boilers.
For further information, visit www.eckrohrkessel.com

Business units

Projects

Strategical partners

Uruguay (headquarter)
Chile - Spain - Brazil - Belguim

Uruguay - Argentina - Brazil - Bolivia

Paraguay - Chile - Mexico - Slovakia - Cuba
Dominican Republic - Spain - France - Turkey

AS SCAN (Denmark)
ERK (Germany)
BREMER-BERKES (Brazil)

WORKSHOPS - URUGUAY

The Eckrohr-Boiler ( manufactured

by BERKES) are a natural circulation
boiler well proven in many plants and
under difficult conditions. They distinguish themselves by a robust and
clear design best fitted for the
demands of power stations or industrial applications. Eckrohr-Boilers are
designed and built for low maintenance and high reliability.
1
2
3
4

Unheated return tubes

Header
Mixture tubes
Riser tubes (evaporator)

5 Overflow tubes
6 Unheated steam drum
7 Unheated downcomers

Overflow pipes
Steam offtake pipes

The pressurized body is made of a

stable
framework.
Downcomers,
headers and tube walls are welded
together to a gas-tight tube cage.

Drum

Mixture pipes

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION
ISO 9001

ASME S y U

OHSAS 18001

Directives

This tube cage with its heating surface and convection banks stands on
the ground. It is self-supported by
downcomers in all four corners of the
boiler (corner tubes). Other boiler
types need heavy supporting frames
where they are hung in. Those frames
are not necessary for Eckrohr-Boilers.

Corner tubes
(unheated
return pipes)

Corner tubes
(unheated downcomers)

Unheated downcomers
Headers

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY
TORSIONAL COMBUSTION CHAMBER

FIXED BED

This BERKES technology consists in a cyclonic furnace where both fuel and air are injected
tangentially along its periphery, generating a turbulent boundary that gives favorable conditions for an intense combustion.
This combustion is appropriate for an efficient and clean burn out of both solid or liquid biomass
that can be transported in pneumatic suspension, as well as gas fuels.

BERKES manufactures fixed inclined water tube grates under the design of ERK. This standard and
well known technology is suitable for a wide range of fuels obtaining a reliable and simple solution
with low investment.

GASIFIERS
This BERKES technology consists in separating the combustion process in prior gasification (fixed
bed updraft) of the solid fuel and a subsequent burning of the gas in the Torsional Chamber. By
this, high thermal efficiency, low emissions and quick load modulation can be achieved for a
wide range of fuels.

RECIPROCANT

BERKES integrates air-cooled reciprocant grates from the best worldwide manufacturers. This
standard mass firing technology has extensive experience running with a wide range of difficult
fuels. The feeding is performed by a hydraulic ram, obtaining an overall extremely high availability.

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGY
TRAVELLING GRATE

BERKES integrates travelling grates (both air and water cooled) from the best worldwide manufacturers. Depending on the feedstock, the feeding can be performed by a spread stoker or by a
pushing hydraulic ram.

VIBRATING GRATE

BERKES integrates vibrating grates (both air and water cooled) from the best worldwide manufacturers. The feeding is performed by a spread stoker achieving a partial combustion of fine particles
in suspension, obtaining an extremely compact and flexible combustion solution.

FOSSIL FUEL BOILERS

From its beginnings BERKES manufactures its own liquid and gas fossil fuel boilers integrating to
the solution worldwide recognized burner manufacturers.

HRSG

Relying on EckRohrKessels expertise and experience, BERKES provides Turn-Key solutions for Heat
Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG) plants behind clean gases such as diesel motors or gas turbines, and in dirty process gases as cement industries and steel mills.

PRACTICAL CASES
Weyerhaeuser

Siemens

Place / Year of startup

Tacuaremb, Uruguay / 2009

Place / Year of startup

Villacaas, Spain / 2010

Boiler

90 t/h, 80bar(g), 480C (12 MWel)

Boiler

40 t/h, 39 bar(g), 450C (10 MWe)

Combustion system

Gasifier (4) + Torsional Chamber (2)

Combustion system

Gasifier (2)+Torsional Chamber (1), and inclined fixed grate

Fuel

Wood chips (Pine & Eucalyptus), saw dust and bark

Fuel

B wood

Ponlar

Bioener

Place / Year of startup

Rivera, Uruguay / 2011

Place / Year of startup

Rivera, Uruguay / 2007

Boiler

34 t/h, 44 bar(g), 420C (7.5 MWe)

Boiler

70 t/h, 69 bar(g), 525C (12 MWe)

Combustion system

Gasifier (2) + Torsional Chamber (1)

Combustion system

Gasifier (3) + Torsional Chamber (2)

Fuel

Wood (Pine) chips, saw dust and bark

Fuel

Wood (Pine) chips, saw dust and bark

PRACTICAL CASES
Cristanol - De Smet E&C

Compaia Chilena de Fsforos

Place / Year of startup

Bazzancourt, France / 2012

Place / Year of startup

Retiro, Chile / 2007

Boiler

40 t/h, 42 bar(g), 430C

Boiler

10 t/h, 10 bar(g), sat

Combustion system

Gasifier (2) + Torsional Chamber (2)

Combustion system

Gasifier (1) + Torsional Chamber (1)

Fuel

Wood chips, wheat straw

Fuel

Wood chips

Weyerhaeuser

Calcar

Place / Year of startup

Tacuaremb, Uruguay / 2006

Place / Year of startup

Colonia, Uruguay / 2012

Boiler

35 t/h, 24 bar (g), sat

Boiler

4 t/h, 10 bar(g), sat

Combustion system

Inclined fixed grate

Combustion system

Fixed inclined bed

Fuel

Wood chips

Fuel

Wood logs

PRACTICAL CASES
MOSA

Urupanel
Place / Year of startup
Tacuaremb, Uruguay / 2008

Place / Year of startup

Montevideo, Uruguay / Under construction

Boiler

2 units - 13 MWt (each)

Combustion system

Reciprocating grate

Fuel

Wood chips

Thermal Oil Boiler

1,5 Gcal/h

Combustion system
Torsional Chamber (1)

Fuel
Saw dust

Compaa Nacional de Cementos

Place / Year of startup
Maldonado, Uruguay / 2010

Syngas Generator
1 Gcal/h

Combustion system
Dry Gasifier

Fuel
Wood logs

Reka - Yildiz Kazan Sanayii A.S.

Place / Year of startup

Tekirdag, Turkey / 2011

Boiler

17 t/h, 18 barg, sat

Combustion system

Torsional Chamber (1)

Fuel

Sunflower husks

PRACTICAL CASES

TURN KEY PROJECTS

With its three divisions: ENERGY, CONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTRY, nowadays, BERKES
has a remarkable capacity to offer particular solutions, as well as turnkey projects.

Saipol Bassens SIL

Place / Year of startup

Bassens, France / 2013

Boiler

45 t/h, 20 barg, sat

Combustion system

Torsional Chamber (1)

Fuel

Sunflower husks

Saipol Sete Haarslev

Place / Year of startup

Bassens, France / Under construction

Boiler

40 t/h, 35.5 barg, 295 C

Combustion system

Torsional Chamber (1)

Fuel

Sunflower husks