Chelyabinsk HPP-3 rd power unit is tested successfully

CJSC Intertechelectro has successfully tested the Chelyabinsk HPP-3 225 MW CCGT 3rd power unit, OJSC Fortum being the customer.

The power unit has been tested for 72 hours under rated load. Major equipment and auxiliaries has been checked on reliability and operability, no deviations have been revealed. Successful complete testing witnesses new unit readiness to operation.

Chelyabinsk HPP-3 3rd power unit is the first one in the South Urals based on combined cycle. Its electric output will be 225 MW, thermal one- 122 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” (town 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.