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Title: Combined cycle comes to the Philippines

Journal Article · · Turbomachinery International
OSTI ID:50491

The first combined cycle power station in the Philippines has gone into operation at National Power Corporation`s (NPC) Limay Bataan site, some 40 km west of Manila. The plant comprises two 300 MW blocks in 3+3+1 configuration, based on ABB Type GT11N gas turbines. It was built by a consortium of ABB, with their Japanese licensee Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Marubeni Corporation. This paper discusses Philippine power production, design and operation of the Limay Bataan plant, and conversion of an existing turbine of the nuclear plant project that was abandoned earlier, into a combined cycle operation. 6 figs.

OSTI ID:
50491
Journal Information:
Turbomachinery International, Vol. 36, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Mar-Apr 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English