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Applications - Turbines

 

The applications of our turbines are numerous. Important applications are: cogeneration, waste disposal, waste incineration, wood and paper manufacturing, chemical and petro-chemical industry, refineries, steel industry, textile industry, sugar and palm-oil industry as well as expansion of natural gas.

 

A few actual examples:

 

Cogeneration

In a company that produces milk, for both an evaporation plant and the heating of air, steam is needed at a pressure of 6 bar.

 

For cheese making, cleaning and pre-heating of condensate, a steam pressure of 3 bar is needed. The expansion of the steam from the medium pressure saturated steam main is usually done by regulation stations - without generating electrical power!

 

In order to enhance the efficiency, parallel to these regulation stations turbo generators were brought into the expansion process. As a result, an additional 500kW electrical power is generated. This means savings of approximately 100,000 Euro per year.

 

Generation of Energy and Heat from Biomass

In a company, that commercializes waste, among other materials, a large amount of wood is processed. In a nearby plant, there is a regular need for steam, up to 20 tons per hour.

 

For both, the provision of steam and the generation of electrical enegry, a combustion plant with a turbine was installed. The turbine provides 3,3 MW electrical power.

 

Utilization of Exhaust Heat

In a glass manufacturing plant, the heated glass vat provides exhaust heat at a very high level, that remained unused.

 

This exhaust heat is now fed into a large boiler that feeds a 1.6 MW-turbine with high pressure steam. The turbine`s operation time is over 8,000 hours per year and it reduces the yearly external consumption of the plant up to 750,000 Euro. The total expenses for the boiler, the steam-turbine, the condensator and all the attachments paid off after only two years.