Application of gas turbine for the production of electricity
In some industries, including metallurgical, we deal with significant energy of blast furnace gas produced in the manufacturing process. In order to use it, it is necessary to check if it is possible from the technical point of view and economically justified. DBE has been involved in the preparation of such design concepts. The study made in this case has demonstrated profitability of using turbines to produce electricity.
Our client operating in metallurgical industry has employed us to determine the energy and financial performance of the investment which involves the installation of back-pressure gas turbines units, in order to recover the energy losses resulting from the expansion of blast furnace gas through the pressure reduction process.
In this facility, large quantities of high pressure blast furnace gas (up to 290 kPa) are produced during the manufacturing process. The parameters of this gas allow the company to use it as the energy fuel. Blast furnace gas requires purification and pressure reduction in order to be used.
As a part of the project, turbines were to be constructed and used for the purpose of pressure reduction (instead of the throttling units), so that the kinetic energy of the gases could be used to produce electricity.
The amount of energy that can be recovered from the blast furnace gas pressure depends on the amount of gas, pressure gradient, and temperature of the blast furnace gas at the turbine inlet. The use of expansion turbines requires the blast furnace gas to be completely purified, due to the high alkali concentration which causes technical problems related to corrosion.
The investment generated energy savings of 211 GWh per year, which reduced the CO 2 emission by over 170,000 tons / year. The return on investment was less than 7 years.
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DB ENERGY SA
Al. Armii Krajowej 45
50-541 Wrocław
NIP: 894 299 53 75
REGON: 021249140
Contact
+48 71 337 13 25 biuro@dbenergy.plfor general purposes sprzedaz@dbenergy.plfor commercial purposes
In 2014 the R&D department started to work in our company. We design solutions to improve energy efficiency in industry.
On 22 June 2016, DB Energy signed an agreement with the National Centre for Research and Development to co-finance R&D work for a project called "Development of an innovative drive diagnostics system (DiagSys) based on electrical signal measurements characteristic of mechanical damage to rotating machine components, together with a specialized analyzer of machine operating status and efficiency (APPS 3)".
The project is financed under the Intelligent Development Operational Programme 2014-2020, under sub-measure 1.1.1. "Industrial research and development work carried out by enterprises". No. of the competition: 1/1.1.1/2015. Value of the project 5 974 021.85 PLN. Value of co-financing 3,727,676.11 PLN.
The aim is to develop a system for the diagnosis of rotating machines (DiagSys system), which will be based on the use of power measurements and on-line access to an expert database.
