Boryeong power station

Boryeong power station
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location
South Korea
Coordinates	36 ° 24 '7 "  N , 126 ° 29' 24"  E Coordinates: 36 ° 24 '7 "  N , 126 ° 29' 24"  E
country	South Korea
Waters	Yellow Sea (cooling with sea water)
Data
Type	Thermal power plant
Primary energy	Fossil energy
fuel	Coal , natural gas
power	6 GW
owner	Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)
operator	Korea Midland Power
Start of operations	1983

The Boryeong (or Poryong ) power plant is a coal and combined cycle power plant in Chungcheongnam-do Province , South Korea , located on the Yellow Sea , approx. 5 km west of the city of Boryeong . The power plant is owned by Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) but operated by Korea Midland Power .

With an installed capacity of currently 6  GW (as of February 2019), it is one of the most powerful power plants in South Korea.

Power plant units

The power plant currently consists of 2 plants, a coal-fired power plant with 8 units and a combined cycle power plant with 4 units. The following tables provide an overview:

coal-fired power station

block	Max. Power (MW)	Start of operation	turbine	generator	Steam boiler
1	500	12.1983			Doosan
2	500	09.1984			Doosan
3	500	04.1993			Doosan
4th	500	06.1993			Doosan
5	500	12.1993			Doosan
6th	500	04.1994			Doosan
7th	500	12/2008	Doosan	Doosan	Doosan
8th	500	12/2008	Doosan	Doosan	Doosan

Unit 3 of the power plant was the first power plant to achieve this record with 3000 days of trouble-free operation (December 17, 1998 to October 26, 2007). By 2012 this record could be extended to 4500 days; on September 1, 2013, the 5000 day mark was reached. Units 1 and 2 are to be shut down by the end of 2025.

Combined cycle power plant

block	T	Max. Power (MW)	Start of operation	turbine	generator	Steam boiler
1	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	DT	180	2000	FIG	FIG
2	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	DT	180	2000	FIG	FIG
3	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	DT	180	2000	FIG	FIG
4th	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	GT	160	1997	FIG	FIG	Doosan
	DT	180	2000	FIG	FIG

The combined cycle power plant consists of four blocks, each with two gas turbines and a downstream steam turbine . A waste heat steam generator is connected to each of the two gas turbines ; the waste heat steam generator then supplies the steam turbine. The installed capacity of one block is 500 MW. The efficiency of the power plant is given as 58%. According to KEPCO, the maximum output of a block is 450 MW.

Others

In 2007, the English newspaper The Telegraph ranked Poryong in second place among the 25 largest CO ₂ emitters worldwide with 37.8 million t .

See also

• List of power plants in South Korea
• List of major carbon dioxide emitters

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Poryong (Boryeong) Coal Power Plant South Korea. Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 13, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Poryong (Boryeong) CCGT Power Plant South Korea. Global Energy Observatory, accessed February 13, 2019 . 
3. ^ Boryeong Thermal Power Complex, Boryeong-Si, Chungcheongnam-do Province, South Korea. www.powermag.com, October 15, 2008, accessed on February 13, 2019 (English). 
4. ↑ Breaking records in power generation. ABB , April 24, 2012, accessed February 13, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Boryeong Thermal Power Plant Unit 3 Records 5,000 Accident-Free Days. www.businesskorea.co.kr, September 2, 2013, accessed February 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ To reduce fine dust, rickety old coal-fired power plants to go offline for one month. english.hani.co.kr, May 31, 2017, accessed on February 24, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Poryong Combined Cycle Power Plant, South Korea. Power Technology, accessed February 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Completion Ceremony for Poryong Thermal Power Plant Units 7 & 8. Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), June 19, 2009, accessed February 26, 2019 . 
9. ↑ 25 dirtiest power stations in the world. The Telegraph , November 14, 2007, accessed February 26, 2019 .