MANmagazine Turbo 1/2015

man magazine
1/2015
Steam generated by the heat expands in the steam
turbine and drives the electrical generator.
British waste conversion
WHEN contracted to build the waste-toenergy
plant “Wilton 11” in England, the Parisbased
CNIM industrial solutions group
brought MAN Diesel & Turbo on board. The
state-of-the-art plant will supply northeast
England with resource-friendly energy, reducing
carbon emissions while at the same time
redirecting 90% of the area’s garbage away
from landfills. Wilton 11 will generate energy
by incinerating 60 metric tons of waste per
hour. MAN Diesel & Turbo will supply not
only the steam turbine, but also the generator,
condenser, lube-oil system and the complete
instrumentation and control technology.
CNIM’s environmental operations division
has often worked with MAN Diesel & Turbo
before. “MAN has brought a comprehensive,
technical competence to our project and is a
partner that we know we can rely on,” comments
Olivier Serres, Steam Turbine & Condenser
Purchaser at CNIM.
Power for Gibraltar
2014 ended on a high note for MAN Diesel & Turbo. An important contract for the
supply and installation of six gas and dual fuel engines to operate a new base load
power plant in Gibraltar was signed shortly before Christmas. “This is a significant project
for us,” says Howard Barnes, Global Head of Sales for the Power Plant Business. “The
Government of Gibraltar was looking for reliable generation capacities with a low carbon
footprint. The chosen combination of gas and dual fuel grants both: The plant
benefits from low CO 2 emissions when run on natural gas and yet offers full fuel flexibility
via the three dual fuel engines.” By mid-2017, three 14V51/60G and three
14V51/60DF engines will supply electrical energy to the British Overseas Territory. The
new plant will replace several existing but dated diesel engine plants, which also run
on MDT aggregates. The French engineering, procurement and construction contractor
Bouygues Energies & Services SAS will build the plant.
Rising high above the Strait of
Gibraltar, the famous rock looks
down on a bustling economy.
Facts & Figures
Proud heritage
257
years! That’s how far back MAN’s roots
reach. On October 18, 1758, the first blast
furnace was fired up at St.-Antony-Hütte,
the oldest iron works in Germany’s industrial
Ruhr region. Ever since then, MAN has been
committed to the company philosophy
“Engineering the Future,” with a focus on
the key technologies transport and energy.
1.5 million cubic meters
per hour …
… is the amount of air that the largest axial flow
compressor from MAN Diesel & Turbo can suck in. At
this capacity rate, the entire air volume of the Cologne
Cathedral could be exhausted in merely 16 minutes.
The velocities reached by the turning parts of turbomachinery are staggering. Taking a closer look at
MAN Diesel & Turbo’s steam turbines reveals that the fastest tip speed of an end stage runs up to …
1760 kph
That pace amounts to
Mach 1.5, the typical cruising
speed of a Eurofighter jet.
69,720 kW
=
is the output of the world’s largest engine, a
low-speed MAN B&W 12S90ME-C Mark 9.2 type.
It powers the “CSCL Globe,” which became the
hitherto largest container ship in the world when first
launched in November 2014. This engine performance
corresponds to the output of 78 Bugatti Veyron
Super Sports, the fastest street-legal production car.
Adding SCR systems raises
compliance with new Tier III
emission rules.
Green pass for Petrofac
MAN Diesel & Turbo has won the contract
to provide Selective Catalytic Reduc-
chemical reaction. MAN engines already
atures of up to 400°C and thus achieving a
tion (SCR) systems for each of six MAN comply with Tier II of the International
16V32/44CR engines ordered last year for Maritime Organization’s emission rules.
the global oil and gas services provider MDT and Petrofac have also entered a
Petrofac. The engines will be installed in 12-year service contract for the management,
maintenance and monitoring of the
the Petrofac JSD 6000 deepwater derrick
lay vessel scheduled for delivery in 2016. engines. “We are delighted to work with an
SRC reduces the emission of polluting industry leader on the design and build of
nitrogen oxide (NOx) by up to 80% by the vessel’s key components,” says Yves
injecting urea into exhaust gases, passing Inbona, Managing Director of Petrofac’s
it through a catalytic converter at temper-
Offshore Capital Projects business.
Photos: MAN(2), gettyimages
Illustrations: MAN, shutterstock, fotolia
116,000 euro
donation for
hospital ship
MAN Diesel & Turbo donated
spare parts and services
valued at €116,000 in order to
keep the engines on board the
hospital ship Africa Mercy in
top condition. The ship is now
bound for Madagascar, where
it will remain until June 2015,
providing medical assistance.
20%
more energy is now available to Burkina Faso since the
expansion of the power plant near Bobo-Dioulasso. Each of
the two expansions, “Bobo II” and “Bobo III,” has two
MAN 12V48/60 engines, increasing the capacity of the
plant by 24 MWh.
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