Cogeneration plant: Gas Turbine is running over 60,000 hours in a wood manufacturing plant
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CASE STUDY Co-generation plant : Gas turbine is running over 60,000 hours in a wood manufacturing plant Project was made attractive by a 35% tax deductions and end in over 50% operating cost saving and a great reliability. CHALLENGE Provide 24 hours a day, 6 days a week electrical power and steam to a fiber board plant in California without downtime and in a cost efficient way. SOLUTION Provide heat and power with a Vericor VPSTM3 Genset power system in cogeneration mode with a heat recovery system duct burner. RESULTS 3 MW cogen plant with Vericor gas turbine runs for over 60,000 hrs (and it is still running) with an equivalent energy cost that is half compared to grid. OVERVIEW Timber Products Company, Ampine Division, is a fiber board manufacturer in Sutter Creek, California. Reliability and efficient operation are critical to their operation. Facing an unresolved energy situation, the company (previously called Sierra Pine and located in Oregon) understood the need to decrease its dependence on utility-generated power. Prior to installing the gas turbinebased cogeneration project, the company dried fiberboard with several dryers having a 40-mmBtu natural gas burner. Electricity was purchased from the local utility. Various energy alternatives were considered, and finally the company made the decision to proceed with the cogeneration facility and finalized the contract with Vericor Power Systems for the VPS3 gas turbine-generator sets in May 2001. The plant was engineered and constructed in a record time and August 2001 marked commercial operation of the new power plant. To date, the gas turbine has accumulated over 60,000 hours in operation. Sutter Creek, California, USA Rather than buying expensive grid power, Vericor’s VPSTM3 Genset supports the plant’s electrical demand and heat requirements

CASE STUDY : Sierra Pine co-generation plant for fiber board manufacturer Case Study details and the benefit of an aero-derivative gas turbine Originally installed in Medford, Oregon in a wood-chip drying application in 2001, the VPSTM3 Genset power system was relocated to it’s new home in California where economics were significantly better. The gas is cheaper and the power prices are higher in California as compared to Oregon, creating a significant economical spark spread. The Ampine plant operates 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, with one day off to perform fiberboard plant maintenance....