Wuppertal-Barmen thermal power station
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 16 '8 " N , 7 ° 12' 1" E | ||
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| Type | Combined cycle power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 144 megawatts | ||
| Start of operations | 1893 (first power plant on site) | ||
| turbine | Gas turbines , steam turbines | ||
| Firing | Gas turbine | ||
| Chimney height | 56 m | ||
The Wuppertal-Barmen thermal power station is a gas and steam turbine- operated power station with a total electrical peak output of 144 megawatts (MW).
Combined cycle power plant
The power plant has two combined cycle sets with 42 MW of electrical output each, i.e. 84 MW in total. The gas turbines each have 26 MW. In addition, up to 110 MW of thermal energy can be fed into the urban district heating network. The power plant is operated as required and the energy production is adjusted to the current demand for electricity and heat. An auxiliary steam boiler is available to ensure the district heating supply.
Peak load power plant
In addition to the CCGT rates, the power plant has two petroleum-fired gas turbines of 30 MW each, which are intended to cover peak loads. To do this, the turbines can be ramped up from standstill to full load within 15 minutes. A network-independent start is also possible, e.g. B. possible after a large-scale power failure. The exhaust gases are discharged via the two steel chimneys to the east.
history
The first power plant in Barmen was built in 1893 by Barmer Bergbahn AG to supply power to the railway lines operated by the company (including the Barmer Bergbahn , whose valley station was right next to the power plant) and became municipal property in 1901.
In 1908 a 100 m high chimney was built for the exhaust gases from two coal boiler systems. In 1925, the power station was converted into a heating and power station , and from 1928 to 1930 it was expanded considerably, and in 1932, depending on the source, it received a 137-meter or 135-meter high chimney , which was the highest in Europe at the time. The power plant was supplied with fuel via the Barmer tram network from the Schlachthof reloading point on the Loh – Hatzfeld railway line .
On December 31, 1939, a spectacular accident occurred when a turbine broke apart while in operation and rubble hit the Barmer Hall of Fame several hundred meters away , today's “House of Youth”. Nobody was injured. On the night of January 29-30, 1943, the plant was destroyed in an air raid.
In the mid-1950s it received a high-pressure boiler with a melting chamber firing .
In 1971 it was converted to natural gas firing and in 1978 it received two CCGT sets of 34 megawatts each. The chimney from 1908 was demolished between 1978 and 1981, together with the boiler systems. at the same time the higher chimney was removed by a third and rebuilt.
In 2003, the two coal boiler systems, which included the higher chimney, were shut down and dismantled. A chimney 60 meters high was built in 2004.
In 2005 the power plant was completely overhauled and equipped with new CCGT units, which increased the output to the current level of 84 megawatts. The two chimneys to the west were erected at around 66 meters each. The investment amounted to 55 million euros. After that, in 2008 the gas turbines were upgraded for peak loads and two new chimneys to the east of around 56 meters were installed.
Between February and June 2011, the 137-meter-high chimney, which was previously the highest brick chimney in Germany, was dismantled after eight years of inactivity. The costs for this amounted to around 550,000 euros. The eyrie for the kestrels has been moved to a neighboring chimney.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e WSW inaugurate new combined cycle plant ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press information from Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG, November 29, 2005
- ↑ a b c d e Wuppertaler Rundschau from October 30, 2010
- ↑ Abstract: The tower dismantling at Barmen Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from January 31, 2011
- ↑ Now the chimney becomes the construction site Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from February 6, 2011
