OPRA Case Studies0 pages

COMBINED HEAT AND POWER PROJECT

BASF Personal Care
and Nutrition GmbH
Turbine Model
Application
Location
Installation Date

In the light of the German
“Energiewende” there is an
increasing focus on CHP as a
source of heat and power for
industrial
plants.
As
an
environmentally friendly source
of heat and power, CHP
increases security of supply and
enables
highly
efficient
generation of heat and power,
while at the same time providing
cost savings.
BASF Personal Care and
Nutrition GmbH, or BASF,
recognizes these facts and takes
the opportunity to upgrade their
facilities with a reliable and
efficient cogeneration system.
BASF is the world’s largest
chemical company by yearly
turnover, producing more than
9000 raw and semi-finished
chemical
materials
with
customers in over 200 countries.
Quality and security of energy
supply
is
therefore
most
important.
The BASF plant, located in
Germany,
produces
food
supplements such as enzymes
and emulsifiers and has a 24
hour operation regime. At site,
the
OP16-3B
provides
approximately 1.7 MW of reliable
electricity to sustain the food
supplement
production.
Furthermore, BASF is utilizing a
large amount of 60 bar(g), 450°C
steam in the manufacturing
process.

The all radial OP16-3B gas
turbine rated at 1.85 MW in ISO
conditions is designed by OPRA
Turbines and comes equipped
with a Dry Low Emission system.
It provides full-load turbine
emissions far below TA-Luft
requirements at 25 ppmv of NOx
and CO. As the BASF project is
governed by one of the strictest
emission regulations in the world
(TA-Luft), the challenge is that
these requirements must also be
fulfilled when operating both the
duct burner and the turbine
simultaneously.
With the simple yet highly
efficient radial design of the
turbine, the OP16-3B system
delivers
high
temperature
exhaust gasses at 575 ⁰C with a
flow rate of 8.4 kg/s. These
exhaust
gasses
will
be
recovered by producing 6 tons of
high-pressure steam
in a
Bertsch waste heat recovery
boiler. By using a duct burner,
the total amount of steam can be
increased to 20 tons per hour. At
the average annual temperature
of 10°C, the electrical output at
site is 1700kW of which most is
used internally in the factory. As
the OP16-3B is running parallel
to the grid, any surplus electrical
power will be exported to the
national grid.
OPRA Turbines will also
carry out the maintenance on the
gas turbine generating set with
OPRA’s in-house maintenance

OP16-3B Dry Low
Emission
Electricity and Steam
Illertissen, Germany.
August, 2015

department. Due to the OP16-3B
Gas Turbine robust and simple
design
the
scheduled
maintenance comprises only one
minor yearly inspection and a
major overhaul after 44.000 fired
hours.
OPRA Turbines is driven to
provide our clients with the best
services. In times of emergency,
quick response and availability
of service is critical. OPRA
guarantees availability of service
24 hours per day, 365 days a
year. A service agreement
ensures that maintenance is
executed in accordance with
OPRA guidelines. This improves
the
safety,
reliability
and
availability of the unit and
reduces total cost of ownership.
For further information on
this project and OPRA Turbines,
please contact:
Mr. Ruud van Groenewoud
OPRA Turbines
Sales Engineer
Phone: +31 (0)74-2452121
Fax: +31 (0)74 245 21 20
Email: rvg@opra.nl
www.opraturbines.com

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