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NLMK Completes Equipment Installation at New Power Plant
01/28/2011 - NLMK has completed installation of the main equipment for a new 150-MW Heat and Power Plant that will use off-gas from the Lipetsk site’s new blast furnace to generate electric power.
NLMK has completed installation of the main equipment for a new 150-MW Heat and Power Plant.
The new power plant, one of the key facilities forming Stage II of NLMK’s Technical Upgrade Program, will increase the Lipetsk site’s power generation capacity by 45% from 332 MW to 482 MW. Construction is taking place in parallel with construction of the Lipetsk site’s new blast furnace. The power plant will use off-gas from the new blast furnace to generate electric power.
The new state-of-the-art power plant comprises three 50-MW turbine generators, three steam-generation boilers, a water preparation unit, water cooling towers, etc. It will be equipped with comprehensive automation and tele-control systems, as well as energy saving technologies and advanced equipment that will reduce specific fuel consumption for power generation by 26% compared to the existing power plant.
The new power plant will improve the Lipetsk site’s self-sufficiency in electric power from the current 44% to 55% in the second half of 2011 when the new blast furnace No. 7 is commissioned. Recycling 360,000 m3/hour of blast-furnace gas will also reduce the plant’s environmental impact and provide an additional 115 Gcal of heat energy as hot water and 120 tonnes/hour of steam for NLMK’s needs.
Startup of the new plant is expected to create 137 new jobs. Currently, the installation of turbine generators, buildings, constructions and pipelines of the main and auxiliary process equipment is completed and commissioning is underway. Hot tests are scheduled for Q2 2011.
