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Power for cogeneration at plastics plant
Siemens Gas and Power will provide three 33 MW SGT-700B industrial gas turbines for a Long-Term Program (LTP) with Ascend Performance Materials’ nylon intermediate and specialty chemicals facility in Decatur, Alabama, USA.
This project will allow Ascend Performance Materials to retire assets that currently provide process steam for the facility, derived in part from coal.
The US $175 million plan expansion will construct energy cogeneration units, which the company said will reduce emissions by more than 60% at the facility and accelerate the growth of expanding its core businesses. The Decatur plant is one of only four in the world that produces the chemical compound adiponitrile, or ADN, on a large scale. ADN is used in the production of nylon.
The LTP is scheduled for eight years. Under the terms, Siemens Gas and Power will perform all scheduled outages for the duration of the program. The LTP also calls for Siemens Gas and Power to upgrade, at the time of the first inspection, the B-series generators to C-series models (35 MW rating) to operate in a cogeneration application.
The gas turbines will be manufactured in Siemens Gas and Power’s Finspång, Sweden plant in time for project commissioning, which is expected in Q4 2021.
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