Ras Laffan B power plant
| Ras Laffan B power plant | |||
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| Coordinates | 25 ° 55 '34 " N , 51 ° 32' 44" E | ||
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 Qatar
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| Waters | Persian Gulf (cooling with sea water) | ||
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| Type | Thermal power plant | ||
| Primary energy | Fossil energy | ||
| fuel | natural gas | ||
| power | 1,025 MW | ||
| owner | Qatar Power Company | ||
| operator | Qatar Power Company | ||
| Project start | 2004 | ||
| Start of operations | 2008 | ||
The Ras Laffan B power plant is a gas-fired power plant in Qatar , which is located on the Persian Gulf in the industrial city of Ras Laffan , al-Chaur municipality . The Ras Laffan C power plant is located half a kilometer west of the Ras Laffan B power plant .
With an installed capacity of 1,025 MW , Ras Laffan B ranks third among the most powerful power plants in Qatar, after Ras Laffan C (2,730 MW) and Mesaieed (2,007 MW). It serves to cover the base load .
Ras Laffan B is also one of the largest seawater desalination plants in Qatar. It can deliver 275,000 m³ of drinking water every day.
The construction costs for the power plant and the seawater desalination plant amounted to 900 million dollars. After the contract was awarded in September 2004, construction of the power plant began in September 2005, and the official inauguration of the entire plant was in March 2008.
Power plant units
The power plant consists of a total of five blocks of different capacities that went into operation in 2007 and 2008. Ras Laffan B is a gas and steam combined cycle power plant . The turbines and generators were supplied by Siemens , the steam boilers by Doosan . The first three blocks are gas turbines , the 220 MW blocks are steam turbines. The following table gives an overview:
| block | Max. Power (MW) | Start of operation | turbine | generator | Steam boiler |
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| 1 | 195 | 2007 | Siemens | Siemens | Doosan |
| 2 | 195 | 2007 | Siemens | Siemens | Doosan |
| 3 | 195 | 2007 | Siemens | Siemens | Doosan |
| 4th | 220 | 2008 | Siemens | Siemens | |
| 5 | 220 | 2008 | Siemens | Siemens |
Systems for seawater desalination
Connected to the power plant are four seawater desalination plants supplied by Doosan . Together they desalinate 275,000 m³ of drinking water every day. The power plant supplies the desalination plants with the steam they need for the desalination process (multi-effect distillation or multi-stage flash evaporation: see seawater desalination ).
owner
The power plant is owned and operated by Qatar Power Company (QPC), a company established for this project. The shares in QPC are 55% owned by Qatar Electricity & Water Company , 40% by GDF Suez Energy International and 5% by Chubu Electric Power .
Others
The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA) has signed a Power and Water Purchase Agreement (PWPA) to purchase both the electricity and the water produced in the power plant for the next 25 years.
Web links
- Power plants in Qatar (Engl.)
- Data to Ras Laffan B (Engl.)
- Detailed Description of Ras Laffan B (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/5023
- ↑ a b c http://www.powerengineeringint.com/articles/mee/print/volume-2/issue-3/features/ras-laffan-ba-1025-mw-power-and-desalination-project.html
- ↑ http://www.power-technology.com/projects/raslaffan/
- ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
