Turner Industries replaced 360 fin fans across three LNG trains at Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi Liquefaction facility while the plant remained in full operation.
The 15-foot-diameter fans extract heat during the LNG process. Turner installed new Tuf-Lite IV blades, developed by Hudson Products, a Chart Industries company, in collaboration with Cheniere to improve plant efficiency and wind-load resilience.
Crews pre-assembled and pre-pitched blade assemblies on the ground during the day, then lowered them into place at night when temperatures were cooler. A custom jig template standardized the pitch across all 360 installations.
The team averaged three to six fans per day and finished with zero recordable incidents across 62,579 work hours.
fin fan deck before being lifted into place.
