Power plant rehabilitation in Eastern Europe
- Pyropower Corp., San Diego, CA (United States)
- ABB Power Generation Ltd., Baden (Switzerland)
Beginning in 1989, political revolution in the former Eastern block countries precipitated a period of economic transformation from a centrally planned to a market-oriented economy. Because energy is a vital factor of any economic development, rehabilitation of the region`s aging and polluting energy sector is essential to achieving economic stability and growth. Today Eastern Europe is among the most polluted regions in the world. This is due to the absence of effective environmental responsibility over the last 40 years. The European Community and other Western countries have focused on Eastern Europe as a significant world environmental problem, particularly the Black Triangle area. To meet this challenge the governments of Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany and others have embarked on various programs to rehabilitate the key power stations in the region. This paper will present the various aspects of power plant rehabilitation including the installation of new efficient turbine generators, new digital control systems, renovated power cycle equipment and modern efficient clean coal circulating fluidized bed technology. The paper focuses on this issue by using the Turow 2 x 235 MW rehabilitation project in Bogatynia, Poland as a case study. Included in the paper will be a discussion of a broad range of issues affecting rehabilitation including technical considerations, financial and commercial limitations and political aspects.
- OSTI ID:
- 287980
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950522-; ISBN 0-7918-1305-3; TRN: IM9639%%600
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. international conference on fluidized-bed combustion, Orlando, FL (United States), 7-10 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of 13. international conference on fluidized bed combustion: Proceedings. Volume 2; Heinschel, K.J. [ed.] [Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (United States)]; PB: 823 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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