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• 5906-01/02AIBURSHTYN/5117/95
1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Introduction
The audit team of John Hallberg and Prem Gupta spent five days, March 3 through March 7,
1995 at the Burshtyn power plant, about 90 Km south of LVIV CIty. They performed the
followmg energy audit as representatIves of Bums and Roe Company of Oradell, New Jersey.
The Burshtyn power plant IS presently 100% government owned, but IS m the process of
reorganizatIon for privatIzatIon wIth the government change to a free market economy. The
plant consists of twelve 200 MW umts. The plant was commIssIoned between 1965 and 1969
and exports power to eastern Europe.
The coal the station bums is from LVIV coal mines, the Donetsk regIOn, Poland and Ekibastusk.
Because of the poor quality of coal, the plant has to co-fire expensIve Imported mazut and
natural gas to support combustIon and to reach rated boiler performance. TypICally the statIOn
fires 80% coal, 10% natural gas, and 10% mazut.
Unit 12 is now under reconstructIOn includmg turbme repaIr, new HP and LP cylmders, and
electrostatic precipItator. The Umt 12 boiler has all cntIcal pressure parts and membranes
replaced and the steam drum checked, with an expected 20-25 year lIfe extenSIOn.
1.2 Principal Findin&s
Several Energy Conservation OpportumtIes (BCO's) for the power plant were Identified for short
term low cost measures and for longer term higher cost measures for large energy savmgs. The
low cost measures mclude instrumentatIOn for measunng fuel consumptIOn and heatmg values
and for controllIng combustion effiCIency WhICh would result m short SImple payback penods
Larger cost long term measures include major combustIOn control system upgrades, mcludmg
interlocks and flame safeguard systems, coal, ash and laboratory instruments, and would result
in payback penods of about one to three years.
RehabilItation and reconstructIon studIes have been completed on thIS power plant to evaluate
the options: (1) lIfe extension of eXIstIng umts, (2) complete replacement with new power plant,
or (3) a mix of lIfe extension presently being done WIth additIOn of new umts. The objectIves
are to be able to cleanly bum the eXIstmg poor qUalIty coals, remove S02 and mImmize NO x
formatIon and increase boiler effiCIency and relIabIlIty One proposed option IS reconstructIOn
with atmosphenc circulatIOn flUIdIzed bed (ACFB) bOIlers.
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