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| March 2, 2007 No.1048 | ||
| MHI Receives Order for Blast-Furnace-Gas Fired GTCC Equipment From State-Owned Handan Iron & Steel in China |
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| Tokyo, March 2, 2005 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order for two gas turbines to be used in a blast-furnace-gas (BFG) fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plant at Handan Iron & Steel Company, Ltd. in China. The order marks the fourth order of its kind from China and follows fast on the heels of a BFG GTCC plant order from Maanshan Iron & Steel Company received in January. | ||||||
The order calls for MHI to provide two 251S gas turbines with a combined power output of 60 MW (megawatts). MHI will be responsible for their design and manufacture, while assembly will be partially undertaken in cooperation with Hangzhou Steam Turbine Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will build the generators. Other plant components such as steam turbines and heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) will be locally procured by Handan Iron & Steel. Mitsubishi Corporation will handle the trade particulars. At ironworks using blast furnaces, BFG containing carbon oxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2) is produced as a by-product during iron-ore reduction. Many ironworks utilize the gas as fuel to generate electricity, as a means of making effective use of energy resources. In China, most ironworks have adopted conventional power generation systems that operate by boilers and steam turbines. Recently, however, there is a growing trend toward more effective GTCC power generation that relies on BFG-fired gas turbines. Because BFG has a lower calorie rating than natural gas - only about one-tenth in BTU (British thermal unit) parameters - stable combustion of BFG-fired gas turbines requires sophisticated technology. MHI pioneered the development of BFG GTCC technology in the 1980s and has already delivered many systems to iron and steel manufacturers at home and abroad, including some that have been in operation for more than 100,000 hours. This technological lead and track record contributed heavily to MHI's winning of the new order from Handan Iron & Steel. As China's demand for steel continues to expand, local blast-furnace steelmakers are consistently operating at full capacity. Last year, MHI received orders for blast-furnace GTCC power generation systems in succession from Angang Group International Trade Corporation and Jiangsu Shagang Group Company, followed by the already noted order from Maanshan Iron & Steel in January this year. On the strength of this robust momentum, MHI now intends to further strengthen its GTCC plant marketing activities to China's iron and steel manufacturers. # # #
About Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is one of the world's leading heavy machinery manufacturers, with consolidated sales of 2,373 billion yen in fiscal 2003 (year ended March 31, 2004). MHI's diverse lineup of products and services encompasses shipbuilding, steel structures, power plants, chemical plants, steel plants, environmental equipment, industrial and general machinery, aircraft, space rocketry and air-conditioning systems. For more information, please visit the MHI website (http://www.mhi.co.jp). PRESS CONTACT: Hideo Ikuno: h.ikuno@daiya-pr.co.jp Tel: +813-6716-5277, Fax: +813-6716-5929 Daiya PR (in charge of public relations for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.) |
