DANISH FOSSIL-FIRED POWER PLANT USES SUPER-EFFICIENT TURBINES

In the European country of Denmark, electricity is almost totally produced from power plants burning fossil fuel. The country claims to have the most efficient fossil-fired power generation plant in the world, the Skaerbaek power station, which incorporates technology designed by GEC Alsthom of the United Kingdom to reduce costs and greenhouse-gas emissions.

Included in this technology is a double reheat steam turbine operating at super-critical steam conditions of 285 bar and 580C at high pressure input that is expected to bring efficiencies in the order of 49%. The first and second reheat temperatures also are 580C. These extreme steam pressure and temperature conditions help to minimize emissions for a more environmentally friendly power plant.

For more information, contact GEC Alsthom, Steam Turbine Group, Newbold Road, Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV21 2NH; tel. 011-44-1788-577111, fax 011-44-1788-531700.