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 A review of the issues affecting reconstruction of the Russian gas transport system
Does RAO UES reform enhance investment appeal of the industry?!
New approach to compressor station reconstruction in Gazprom
Gas turbine market: the situation is changing
Alexander Gorshkov – Gas Turbo Technology
Russia’s power industry is changing rapidly. The investment policy changes related to the restructuring of RAO UES and the increase of investor confidence in reforms have stimulated the construction of new projects.
A review of the issues affecting reconstruction of the Russian gas transport system
Vladimir Efanov - Gazprom
Evgeniy Leontyev, Vladimir Stchurovskiy, Olga. Stureyko, Yuriy Sinitsyn -VNIIGAZ
Gazprom has been engaged in resolving the challenges of gas transmission unit reconstruction (including equipment modernization) for about 15 years. Extensive data has been accumulated, whose analysis allows conclusions to be drawn on the current condition of the gas transmission units and systems, together with forecasts and the definition of milestone points for the future.
Advanced Cycles for Gas Turbines in Combined Cycle Power Plants
Dr. Meherwan P. Boyce, P.E. – Fellow ASME, and IDGTE
Does RAO UES reform enhance investment appeal of the industry?!
Alexander Gorshkov – Gas Turbo Technology
Absence of punctuation marks at the end of article headlines in the majority of issues gives certain flexibility to the editors. At the same time, a question mark is considered to show doubt or negative attitude towards the problem, while an exclamation mark means categorical statement. But I would like audience to discuss the problem, therefore I have used both of them. Being the author I can say that there are no ready decisions in this article, there are more questions than answers, and the readers will see elision marks at the end. The objective of this publication is, first of all, to invite specialists to discussion of the future of Russian power industry.
New approach to compressor station reconstruction in Gazprom
Ivan Gubanok – Gazprom
Sergey Pashin, Salikh Kudakaev, Nail Rahmatullin, Salavat Yusupov – Bashtransgaz
On 28th October, 2006 in Bashkiria Durtulin Department of Chelyabinsk – Petrovsk gas main was inaugurated after reconstruction of the Moskovo KS-18A compressor station (Photo 1). The event was attended by Murtaza Rakhimov, President of the Republic of Bashkortostan and Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom Management Committee. Commissioning of the compressor station was one of the final projects of the Integrated Programme for Reconstruction and Technical Re-equipment of gas transfer units and of booster compressor stations for underground gas storage (UGS) facilities during 2002 - 2006.
A review of advanced GT cycle concepts for co-generation
Viktor Osobov, Igor Osobov - Purdue University (USA)
A very important factor for fuel economy in Russia is development of the combined generation of heat and electrical power (co-generation). Special importance is attached to this development nowadays, when the construction of major power plants requires large capital investments.
Enhancing Direct-Fired Power Plants Performance by Use of Gas Turbine Technology
Mikhail Korobitsyn - Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
The maximum temperature of a gas turbine cycle is considerably higher than that of a steam turbine cycle, however, the Gas turbine rejects heat at temperatures far above the ambient level. By combining the high-temperature gas turbine cycle with the medium-temperature steam cycle, a high overall efficiency can be reached. Modern combined-cycle plants obtain a lower heating value efficiency of almost 60% with relatively moderate parameters of the steam bottoming cycle, whereas direct-fired steam plants with supercritical pressures and temperatures still operate under the 50% efficiency level. Ways of improving the performance of direct-fired steam plants by integrating a gas turbine within an existing steam plant are addressed. These include utilization of the gas turbine exhaust as a heating medium, as combustion air, and as fuel. Repowering schemes for a waste incineration plant are given along with schemes for repowering by the use of a partial oxidation gas turbine and an externally fired gas turbine. The results of performance analysis are presented.
Gas turbines operating on solid fuel are the future of independent power generation
Nikolay Alkov, Valery Naumov – Keldysh Research Centre
Independent powerplants operating on local fuels offer good prospects for considerable areas of the Russian territory. Gasification of solid fuels, followed by use of the produced gas to fuel gas turbines, opens new markets for state-of-the-art power equipment. |
