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News Release from: GE Oil and Gas | Subject: RWE ICL project
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 April 2008
GE ICL technology helps expand German
power plant
RWE Power has selected integrated motor compressor (ICL) technology from GE Oil + Gas to support the capacity expansion of a gas-fired power plant at Lingen in the northern German district of Emsland
RWE is enlarging the power generating capacity of the Emsland-Lingen power station, and will optimise the gas turbine fuel gas supply by installing a reservoir pipe system and associated compression station for pressure boosting GE Oil and Gas will supply two 7-Megawatt ICL compressors driven by high-speed electric motors and associated electrical drive systems provided by Converteam
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 6 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The compression station will cover the load and load relief process of the two gas turbines at the site.
This will be the second installation of GE ICL technology, which was introduced in 2007 and is designed to provide operating and environmental benefits.
An integrated system with a single casing for the compressor and motor, the ICL combines three proven technologies: centrifugal compression, active magnetic bearings and high-speed electric motors and drives.
Driven by electricity rather than gas, ICL technology saves energy and avoids associated CO2 emissions.
Using a typical 8-megawatt ICL rather than a comparably sized gas turbine-driven compressor can reduce CO2 emissions by 60% or more.
ICL units do not require a gearbox, lube oil system, shaft seals or external cooling system, enabling higher reliability and less maintenance, at a lower cost.
Other benefits include a smaller footprint and a smaller compression building, ease of installation, higher availability than a conventional electric motor-driven solution, a continuous speed range that enables a wide operating range, low emissions and a low noise level.
"We are very pleased that RWE Power, one of Europe's leading power generating companies, has selected our ICL technology" said Claudi Santiago, President and CEO of GE Oil and Gas: "This is another example of the strong interest among our customers for advanced technology to help protect our environment.
We have designed the ICL product line to address today's growing requirements for reliability, pollution and noise control for oil and gas applications with clean dry gas services up to 15 megawatts of power".
The ICL units for the Emsland-Lingen project will be manufactured and tested at GE Oil and Gas facilities in Le Creusot, in Burgundy, France and will be delivered to the project site during the first half 2009.
RWE Power is the largest power generator in Germany.
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