Sampierdarena combined-cycle cogeneration plant

The Gas Turbine Division of Fiat Avio has sold its first LM2500 gas turbine for an industrial application. This is for the Sampierdarena Genoa combined-cycle cogeneration plant presently in the final erection stage. Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali designed the plant and is acting as main contractor. Once the plant has been completed Ansaldo Energy, a consortium of Ansaldo Group companies, will operate the plant with the local municipality, AMGA. A district heating system is integrated into the combined-cycle plant, and is designed to recover low-grade energy in a most efficient manner. The gas turbine is an aeroderivative LM2500-PE-MGX machine equipped with a natural gas burning fuel system designed to accept steam injection to decrease NOX emissions. The natural gas fuel is drawn from the local SNAM pipeline at 12 bar and compressed to 27.5 bar by three Dresser-Rand reciprocating compressors.