Gas piston power: advantages and prospects

Demand for electricity and heat in Russia every year grows in scale exponentially.The statistics suggest that the consumption of electricity in January-September this year, ingrained over the same period last year by 1.6% and amounted to 754.1 billion kw / h, and by 2020 the demand for energy will increase by a quarter.However, the growing population's need for electricity and heat can not be completely satisfied, and the reasons for this are many: depreciation of fixed assets utilities constantly rising prices, shortages and the high cost of energy, lack of funding, and more.Many reasons, but basically just always the money is, or rather, the lack thereof.

If we consider the standard situation, for example, centralized power supply of cottage settlement, the picture becomes very clear.Heating houses of rural type occurs mainly due to diesel fuel or diesel generators.Heating fuel oil used for heating negazifitsirovannyh residential buildings and industrial facilities, mostly it is widely used in Siberia and the Far East.According to the Ministry of Energy, in 2010 Russia produced 1.34 million tons of heating oil, and in 2012 - 2.73 million tons.By 2015, revenues from excise taxes on petroleum that could reach 21.1 billion rubles a year.

The Russian government plans to impose excise duty in heating oil 5.86 thousand rubles per ton in 2013, 6.45 thousand rubles - in 2014 and 7.73 thousand rubles - in 2015.Officials have suggested that next year the excise on fuel ecological class "Euro-4" will rise to 8,960 rubles per tonne, in the "Euro 5" - to 5,750 rubles per tonne, diesel fuel - up to 5100 and 4500 (depending on the environmental class) rubles per ton.First of all, it hurts the pocket of consumers.At the same time, regional gasification program is gaining momentum.Natural gas may be advantageous alternative to diesel fuel.Gas piston power plants can solve the problem of scarcity and high cost of energy.It is relatively inexpensive and very effective way of power supply.

For example, JSC "Rolta Engineering" offers gas-fired power plant on the basis of the European generating equipment.The main component of a power plant is a gas generator.It is an engine that uses natural gas as fuel.This allows the electric machine produce the electrical energy consumption in its place, without requiring the reservoir of fuel such as diesel power unit.

The company offers consumers a cogeneration plant based on gas turbine generators.Cogeneration - the simultaneous production of heat and electricity.Such systems can operate in standalone mode or in parallel with the external network and have high electric power and low fuel consumption.Use of natural gas as a fuel can reduce much the production of harmful substances, for example, than when using gasoline or diesel unit.

JSC "Rolta Engineering" mainly manufactures modular unit that is packaged in a special container, CHP.These power plants have a number of advantages compared to their fixed counterparts, for example, the packaging container extends the service life, particularly in extreme climatic conditions, such as in Siberia or in the Far North.In addition, these stations are mobile and do not require the construction of special capital building, and the block module is equipped with all systems necessary for the proper functioning of the generating equipment.

However, despite all the advantages of the block-modular gas turbine CHP, consumers still continue to use the services of distribution companies or diesel generators.The whole point of the initial investment.First, the cost of power scares the number of zeros at the end.However, the most basic calculations show an average annual production companies spend on the purchase of electricity and heat from a local sales company about the same amount.Now imagine how much consumers spend on energy is not in a year, but for 10-20 years!Private power can reduce energy costs up to 1.5 rubles \ kW, and it pays for itself after about 1.5-2 years.Gas piston block, modular power plants can provide uninterrupted power residential areas, industry, military and industrial facilities, hospitals, schools, etc.Even the price of such power is significantly lower than the cost of diesel fuel, combined-cycle turbine or buying energy at the distribution company.

development of fuel and energy complex requires long-term investment.The looming economic crisis certainly affect the energy industry, so in the near future, experts predict growth rates, followed by a deficit of energy.To ensure a reliable "energy" of the future, it is necessary now to take action to transition to its own energy through the installation of its own power.