Allweiler awarded €5-million order for Iraqi power plants
Allweiler AG, a Colfax business unit, will deliver fuel-injection skids through Siemens AG for use in gas turbines in Iraq. The first two systems will be completed in early 2011. The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has ordered an additional five skids and has options to purchase three more. All of the systems have the special ability to switch between several different liquid fuels without shutting down the turbines. They will be integrated into expanded power plants in Kirkuk as well as new plants that will be constructed in Baiji and Baghdad.
These fuel injection skids are designed for redundancy with two highpressure pumps. The gas turbines can be operated with "EL" fuel oil and "S" heavy oil or "EL" fuel oil and crude oil. Switching between the various fuels is completed within approximately two minutes while the turbines continue to run. "This was the biggest technical challenge in the development of these skids. But our solution to this requirement gave us the edge we needed to win the contract," according to Stefan Kleinmann, Vice-President of the Industry business segment and member of the management board at Allweiler AG.
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