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MAN Turbo AG: New standard for natural gas compressor stations
Ceremonial commissioning of the fourth compressor at the WINGAS station in Mallnow
Together with WINGAS GmbH, MAN Turbo AG has developed an innovative plant concept for compressor stations for transporting natural gas. The concept utilizes the exhaust heat from the gas turbines to operate a further steam turbine. Thanks to this, the overall output of the station can be increased by more than a quarter without consuming additional energy. Operating 24 hours a day, the compressor station in Mallnow, Brandenburg, handles more than a third of Germany's natural gas requirement.
"This is a 'beacon' project of which we can all be proud," said Dr Gerhard König, one of the management team of WINGAS GmbH, at the ceremonial commissioning of the fourth compressor in Mallnow. MAN Turbo project manager Rüdiger Kloss described the station as "an outstanding example of how state-of-the-art technology coupled with carefully conceived detailed solutions can make an important contribution to climate protection." For Ingo Neubert, a member of the management of WINGAS TRANSPORT GmbH & Co. KG, the new compressor station is "one of the most exciting projects in the European gas industry."
The design and commissioning of the facility made extremely high demands on the technological expertise and cooperation of the project partners. The combined efforts of all those involved made it possible to expand the compressor station without any adverse effect on ongoing operation. Intelligent, efficient plant engineering now ensures the reliability of the gas supply, economic plant operation and low (CO2-) emissions.
A pressure level of approx. 95 bar is required in pipelines for transporting natural gas. To maintain this pressure, compressors are used. In the first three stages of the project, MAN Turbo supplied three compressors with an output of 25 megawatts each. These are driven with the aid of gas turbines, the hot exhaust gases of which are normally discharged into the atmosphere. In Mallnow things are done differently: there this waste heat is used to generate steam in a heat recovery boiler. This steam supplies the MAN Turbo steam turbine, which drives the fourth natural gas compressor with an output of 20 megawatts. Thus up to 3.5 million cubic metres of natural gas per hour can be moved through Mallnow.
For more information please visit www.manturbo.com
Posted: July 4, 2008
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