Gas Turbine Efficiency - overcoming your power problems

GEN-SETSPower revolution: the new gasgen-sets for BangladeshJust eight weeks ago Mannheim-based MWM shipped 15 new gas gen-sets - each withan output of 4 MWel - to Bangladesh. They are being installed in a power plantbelonging to the Precision Energy Ltd consortium, reports WIP.With its 15 large gas gen-sets, thenatural gas-powered plant inAshugong, Bangladesh, will begenerating a total of 60 MWel, all ofwhich will be fed into the public gridwithin three months.Bangladesh, with its population of about150 million, is one of the most denselypopulated countries in the world. Its dailydemand for electricity has grown to 5,200MW, compared to no more than 4,000 MWactually produced.Investments worth $US15 billion areneeded by 2020 in order to prevent thepower industry from becoming animpediment to the country's development,say industry analysts."The project also contributes to thepromotion of the required investments forthe maintenance and expansion of powerproduction in Bangladesh", explains Dr.Ruprecht Lattermann, President and CEOof MWM Asia Pacific.The 15 gas gen-sets which arrived inBangladesh covered a total distance ofabout 16,000 km (10,000 miles). About 40low-bed trailers wereneeded for tranporting thisheavy equipment from theport in Chittagong to thedestination.The project was rolledout with Kaltimex EnergyPvt. Ltd. from Dhaka,Bangladesh, which hasalready successfullyimplemented numerouslocal projects with MWMand has established anefficient sales andcustomer serviceorganisation in recentyears. According to theMWM headquarters inMannheim, Germany, thecommercial launch of the new powerplant Ashugong is scheduled for the firsthalf of 2010.With their open combustion chamber,both the medium-size and large engineoptions from MWM can be used incombined heat and power plants (CHP) toMWM and Kaltimex Energy Pvt. Ltd. of Dhaka, Bangladesh, co-operated in theorder for 15 gas gen-sets. Ashugong should be generating power with these byJune 2010.MWM recently shipped out 15 gas gensets with anoutput of 4 MWel each to Bangladesh.convert naturalgas as well asany special gastypes, such asbiogas.The productrange includesthe following The TCG 2032 gaspoweredgen-setseries (50Hz):* TCG 2016: from MWM.electrical output400kW/gen-set – 800kW/gen-set* TCG 2020: electrical output* 1,125W/gen-set – 2,000kW/gen-set* TCG 2032: electricaloutput3,333kW/gen-set – 4,300kW/gen-setMWM reports that these engines have ahigher efficiency than conventionalengines of power generation plants, whichmeans lower fuel consumption and loweremissions for customers.Internet linkwww.mwm.netWIP28MARCH 2010 • WORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER