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Combined Cycles

In combined cycles, Turboden ORC units can be installed downstream of gas turbines and reciprocating engines, producing electricity by recovering waste heat. In both cases the combined cycle achieves an efficiency greater than 50%. The power of Turboden turbogenerators in this application generally ranges up to 20 MW electric per single shaft.

16

plants*

26.7

MWe total

2008

first plant delivered

*4 plants are under construction

  • Heat ReCycle® solution

In combined cycles, Turboden ORC units can be installed at the bottom of:

  • Gas turbines, with up to 40% of additional power
  • Reciprocating engines, with up to 15% of additional power

In both cases the combined cycle reaches an efficiency greater than 50%.

Turboden ORC units
Combined Cycles

WHY ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE TECHNOLOGY?

  • Efficient use of high-to-low grade and variable heat sources
  • Low operational costs and no water needed
  • Add a reliable source of power, even in remote locations
  • Improve power plants’ efficiency with a lower impact on Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE)

ORC-BASED COMBINED CYCLE

ORC-based combined cycle

Designed upon specific site features, the ORC-based heat recovery system exploits the prime movers' exhausts to produce up to 30% ÷ 40% of additional useful power. The ORC system follows the prime movers' operation mode producing additional power (for the plant itself or for external users) without any impact on the power plant operation.

TYPICAL SOLUTIONS

ORC size location customer status notes
0.5 MWe Mezzana Bigli, Italy Termoindustriale S.p.A. In operation since 2008 Electric power production from waste heat from 1x8 MWe MAN diesel engine
0.5 MWe Portogruaro, Italy Cereal Docks In operation since 2012 Electric power production from waste heat from 1x7 MWe Wärtsilä diesel engine with direct exchange
0.5 MWe Catania, Italy E&S Energy S.p.A. off Electric power production from waste heat from 2x1 MWe Jenbacher gas engines + 3x0.8 MWe Jenbacher gas engines + 1x0.6 MWe Jenbacher gas engine - Landfill gas
0.6 MWe Kempen, Germany Stadtwerke Kempen In operation since 2012 Electric power production from waste heat from gas engines
0.7 MWe Senden, Germany AGO AG Energie+Anlagen In operation since 2012 Electric power production from waste heat from 2x2 MWe Jenbacher gas engines and from the process
0.7 MWe Pescara, Italy Alma CIS / Fater (P&G Group) In operation since 2013 Electric power production from waste heat from 1x8 MWe Wärtsilä diesel engine with direct exchange
0.7 MWe Antwerp, Belgium BiogasTech NV In operation since 2019 Electric power production from waste heat 4 x 3.3 MWe Jenbacher gas engines with direct exchange
1 MWe Rosetown, Canada TransGas In operation since 2011 Electric power production from waste heat from a 3.5 MW Solar Centaur 40 gas turbine in a gas compressor station
1 MWe Chivasso, Italy Ricciarelli S.p.A In operation since 2012 Electric power production from waste heat from 1x17 MWe Wärtsilä diesel engine
1 MWe Hodzhaabad, Andijan Region, Uzbekistan Uztransgaz Under construction Electric power production from waste heat from 3x15 MW GE gas turbines in a gas compressor station
1.3 MWe Espoo, Finland HSY In operation since 2011 Electric power production from waste heat from 4x4 MWe MWM gas engines - Landfill gas
1.8 MWe Pisticci, Italy Ricciarelli S.p.A. In operation since 2010 Electric power production from waste heat from 3x8 MWe Wärtsilä diesel engines
2.3 MWe Odayeri, Turkey Ortadoğu Enerji In operation since 2020 Electric power production from waste heat from 12x1.4 MWe Jenbacher gas engines - Landfill gas
4 MWe Pisticci Scalo, Italy Ricciarelli S.p.A. In operation since 2012 Electric power production from waste heat from 2x17 MWe Wärtsilä diesel engines
4.6 MWe Komurcuoda, Turkey Ortadoğu Enerji Under construction Electric power production from waste heat from 20x1.4 MWe Jenbacher gas engines + 4x1.2 MWe MWM gas engines - Landfill gas
5.5 MWe Shurtan, Kashkadarya Region, Uzbekistan Uzneftegazdobycha Under construction Electric power production from waste heat from a 23 MW GE LM 2500 gas turbine in a gas compressor station with direct exchange

TURBODEN AND SIEMENS FOR HEAT RECYCLE® SOLUTION

In 2019 Turboden and Siemens launched the Heat ReCycle® solution, a gas turbine based power plant with an Organic Rankine Cycle unit as bottoming cycle. This power plant is designed specifically to reduce both CAPEX and OPEX compared to a water/steam cycle while maintaining a relatively high level of efficiency.

Heat ReCycle® solution

Global trends are creating market challenges

  • Enormous growth in population, resulting in increasing energy demand.
  • Urbanization: villages turn into major cities with the need for reliable electricity supply.
  • Given environmental circumstances, this has to be achieved in a way where we take the climate (change) into account.

OUR RESPONSE TO TODAY'S AND TOMORROW'S CHALLENGES

Market challenges
Heat ReCycle response

ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE TECHNOLOGY

Organic rankine cycle technology



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