AEPC1 Begins Individual Testing of Coal-Handling System for Karamay Cogeneration Power Project

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--Anhui Electric Power Construction No.1 Engineering Company (AEPC1) (Hefei, Anhui), a subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) (Beijing), kicked off the individual testing of the coal-handling system for China Guodian Corporation's (Beijing) Karamay Cogeneration Power Project on June 21, 2013. The testing will precede the commissioning of the coal-handling system in July 2013, according to an announcement from the CEEC on June 26.

As a common support system for the power plant, the timely commissioning of the coal-handling system is directly related to the commissioning of the entire project. APEC completed the erection of 98 high- and low-voltage cubicles of the system, and installed more than 1,000 meters of cable trays with about 20 kilometers of cabling, which have created a favorable condition for timely kick-off of testing.

The Guodian Karamay Cogeneration Power Plant, located in the Petroleum and Chemical Industrial Park of Karamay, is invested by Guodian Xinjiang Power Company Limited (Urumqi, Xinjiang), a regional subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation. The power plant has a total planned capacity of 1,400 megawatts (MW) of coal-fired cogeneration units for combined heat and power (CHP) supply in Karamay City. According to the plans, the project will be furnished with two 350-MW, supercritical, direct air-cooling extraction condensing CHP units, together with associated flue gas desulfurization, nitrogen emission controls and a dust-removing system in Phase I.

As a key project both in the Xinjiang autonomous region and Karamay City, the project received preliminary approval from the National Energy Administration to kick off pre-stage preparation on April 27, 2011. Site preparation of the project kicked off afterward. The main construction contracts for Unit 1, Unit 2 and the balance of plant were awarded to Shandong Electric Power Construction No.3 Engineering Company (Qingdao, Shandong), AEPC1, and Northwest Electric Power Construction No.4 Engineering Company (Xi'an, Shaanxi), respectively.

According to the schedule, both units of the project will begin operations by the end of 2013. Upon completion, the project will be able to generate 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity and supply 11.24 million gigajoules of heat, for a total heating area of 12 million square meters every year.

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