Major equipment is being installed at Chelyabinsk CHPP-3 power unit under construction

11 February 2010

The gas turbine with the generator and steam turbine generator is installed in the main building. The steam turbine is being mounted; its condenser and system water heater is put in design position. The HRSG heat surface modules are almost mounted.

The gas and steam turbine unit and HRSG service platforms structural steel is installed. The gas treatment point building, gas pipeline deck, flue stack, chimney-type cooling tower, 220 kV open switchgear is being arranged on the site.

 The Chelyabinsk CHPP-3 3rd power unit electric output will be 220 MW, thermal one- 146 Gcal/h. The power unit equipment will comprise the 160 MW GTE-160 gas turbine produced by OJSC "Leningrad metal plant", 60 MW steam cogeneration turbine by “Kaluga turbine plant” and HRSG manufactured by “ZiO” (city of Podolsk). Putting the CHPP 3rd unit into operation will increase reliability of power supply of the housing community consumers and industrial plants of the city of Chelyabinsk.