Commencement
of Operations at IPP Plant at Nippon Petroleum Refining Company (NPRC) Marifu
Refinery |
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On April 1, an IPP power generating facility commenced operations
at the NPRC Marifu Refinery (Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi Prefecture). The facility is
the IPP (Independent Power Producer) that resulted from NPRC's successful bid
in FY 1997 to supply electricity wholesale to the Kansai Electric Power Company.
The plant is a base load type that uses petroleum coke and residual oil as fuel.
This is the first ever electricity trading venture in Japan that uses petroleum
coke as fuel, and is the first plant applied the "Transfer and Supply System"
that provides for the transmission of power to Kansai Electric Power Company the
power lines of the Chugoku Electric Power Company.
Facility Information
| Rated output |
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149,000 kW |
| Main steam capacity |
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500,000 kg/h |
| Main steam pressure |
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14.3 MPa abs (superheater outlet) |
| Main steam temperature |
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541 °C (superheater outlet) |
| Reheat steam temperature |
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541 °C (reheater outlet) |
| NOx measures |
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Installation of low NOx combustion system and NOx removal equipment (dry ammonia
selective catalytic system) |
| Particulate measures |
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Installation of dry electrostatic precipitator and flue gas desulfurization
plant |
| SOx measures |
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Installation of flue gas desulfurization plant (wet-type lime gypsum process) |
 
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