GKS-Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt GmbH operates a coal-fired power plant with an integrated waste incineration plant. The facilities essentially are located on the same site and are to be considered as one unit.

 

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Overview of the facilities:

 

Main facilities:

 

Coal-fired Heat and Power Plant (= Coal Combustion Plant):

  • 2 coal-fired steam boilers (each generating 70 t of steam per hour at 113 bar and 535 ° C) with a combustible heat capacity of 63 MW each and an annually coal throughput of approximately 35,000 tons which are delivered by ship and railway.

 

Waste-to-Energy Plant (= Waste Incineration Plant):

  • 3 waste-fired steam boilers (each generating 25 t of steam per hour at 65 bar and 435 ° C) with a combustible heat capacity of 20,8 MW each and an annually waste throughput of approximately 180.000 tons which are delivered exclusively by truck.

 

Ancillary facilities:

 

Peak Heat Plant North:

  • 2 flame tube – steam boilers, for natural gas and fuel oil with a combustible heat capacity of 21,2 MW and 49,5 MW for a total of up to 100 t of steam per hour with 190 ° C and 5 bar (for district heating only).

 

Diesel Engines:

  • 2 Diesel engines (fuel power: 11 MW each) (for electrical power only); also used for emergency power generation.

 

Steam Turbines:

  • 1 back-pressure steam turbine with an electrical power of 12 MW and
  • 1 extraction steam turbine with an electrical power of 17 MW

 

District Heating Net with Steam Injection at about 5 bar and 190 °C:

  • back-pressure by back-pressure steam turbines
  • extraction from extraction steam turbine
  • by-pass station

 

Peak Heat Plant South:

  • Delivery stations to our customers and distributors