The Kametstal plant, part of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group (Kamensk, Dnipropetrovsk region), has officially commissioned a complex of four Dalgakiran gas piston units with a total capacity of 10 MW.
According to the company’s press release on Tuesday, energy efficiency, energy independence, and energy security are the three key priorities of the major investment project implemented at Kametstal.
It is specified that the new power plant is a complex of four Dalgakiran gas piston units with a total capacity of 10 MW, equipped with internal combustion engines, the primary fuel for which is natural gas, and the end product is electricity. The average consumption for the production of one megawatt of own electricity is about 250 cubic meters of natural gas.
As part of the project, in addition to containers for generating units, step-up transformers and a distribution substation with Schneider Electric equipment were installed on the site. Additional electrical communications have been installed. The company has also carried out a retrofit, replacing five oil circuit breakers with vacuum circuit breakers at key connection points. Frequency converters have been installed on the main consumer equipment, which, if necessary, ensure the safe transfer of this equipment to power supply from generators.
It is also reported that on April 15, the first gas piston power plant was launched, after which, as part of the commissioning program, the mode of single and simultaneous operation of generators in all possible combinations was tested, their synchronization with external power grids was checked, and operating modes with consumers and stable connection to the grid were tested, avoiding sharp voltage fluctuations.
Kametstal is part of the Metinvest Group.
