390 MW Power Plant in Thessaloniki
Technum
Leiepark 18
9051 Gent
Belgium
Tel.: +32 92400911
Fax: +32 92400900
Contact:
M.
Dieter Rabaut
Email:
Website:
Period
: 2004
Investment
: 190.000.000 EURO
Client
:
CMI-HRSG Seraing
Owner
: Thessaloniki Power SA
Services by Technum
: Structures
Project description
Thessaloniki Power SA, a subsidiary of the
Greek petroleum company Hellenic Petrole-
um SA, awarded the contact for the con-
struction of a new power plant to Vatech
hydro. Purpose of the new power plant is to
meet the expected power shortages, espe-
cially with the forthcoming Olympic Games.
The 390 MW power plant a combined cycle
gas turbine. The plant is located just outside
the circular road, in the
northeast
of
Thessalonica.
The gas turbine supplies 260
MW. The
HRSG converts the heat of the exhaust
gasses (600°C) to steam to power a steam
turbine for an additional 140 MW.
The HRSG is designed and constructed by
CMI (Liège Belgium). Technum designed
the steel structure (600 ton) and chimney
(top 60 m) for the 2000 ton HRSG.
Thessalonica is in area susceptible to earth-
quake (risk zone II).
A spectral-response
analysis was performed to check the struc-
ture and its contents to earthquake. (Maxi-
mum ground acceleration 4.84 m/s²)
Description of the structure: base 20
m x
35 m, height box beams 25 m, height chim-
ney 60 m,
weight 600 ton.
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Company
Project
390 MW Power Plant in Thessaloniki
Technum N.V. is a dynamic, internationally
oriented and strongly growing multidiscipli-
nary office for engineering and consultancy
with establishments in the various Flemish
provinces.
Technum provides services for the authori-
ties, industrial and service-providing compa-
nies, project developers, international insti-
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ous fields.
Technum consists of three Business Units
established in Antwerp,
Ghent and Hasselt,
with two other establishments in Leuven
and Ostend. These business units with their
different departments are geographically
spread around Flanders. Each of them has a
reputation for expertise, passion and flexibil-
ity.
This geographical distribution and the indi-
viduality of each business unit allows the
maximum use of professional knowledge
and skills, experience and creativity for each
project in line with the wishes of the client.
This
means an additional organisational
advantage in view of the proximity to specif-
ic markets and specific knowledge sources.
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