ABB wins US$ 180-million order to upgrade Singapore power plant.ZURICH, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- First power plant conversion in Asia using GT26 gas turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. technology ABB n. 1. Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, Noun 1. ABB - an urban hit squad and guerrilla group of the Communist Party in the Philippines; formed in the 1980s has been awarded a turnkey contract to convert an oil-fired steam power plant in Singapore to a gas-fired combined-cycle plant. The order includes service and maintenance for six years. The project, valued at approximately US$ 180 million, was placed by PowerSenoko Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Power Singapore Power (Abbreviation: SP; Chinese: 新加坡能源有限公司) is a company which provides electricity and gas transmission, distribution services, and market support services to more than a million customers in Ltd, the country's largest power generation company. Commercial operation is planned to begin in the first quarter of 2001. The contract includes an option to convert another two identical oil-fired units. The upgrade will triple the power output of the plant from 120 megawatts (MW) to 360 MW. The project involves modernizing the existing steam turbine Steam turbine A machine for generating mechanical power in rotary motion from the energy of steam at temperature and pressure above that of an available sink. By far the most widely used and most powerful turbines are those driven by steam. and replacing an oil-fired boiler with ABB's GT26 advanced gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator A heat recovery steam generator or HRSG is a heat exchanger that recovers heat from a hot gas stream. It produces steam that can be used in a process or used to drive a steam turbine. . ABB's GT26 provides high fuel efficiency with low emissions, a key factor in Singapore's deregulated power market. Service and revamping of power and industrial infrastructure is one of ABB's fastest growing businesses and now accounts for about a quarter of the company's total annual revenues. ABB <http://www.abb.com> is a global engineering and technology company serving customers in power generation, transmission, and distribution; automation; oil, gas, and petrochemicals; industrial products and contracting; and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . ABB employs about 200,000 people in more than 100 countries. |
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