SINGAPORE – Linde Gas Singapore, a subsidiary of Linde Group in Singapore has contracted to provide grid integration for Hitachi ABB Power Grids for the company’s new gasification plant.
Linde is expanding its gasification complex at Jurong Island in Singapore to quadruple hydrogen and synthesis gas production. When completed in 2022, it will be the company’s largest gasification plant and largest single investment using a mainly modular construction approach.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been chosen to deliver a high-voltage prefabricated GIS substation power that will connect the industrial complex to the grid.
The solution includes 10 bays of 66 kV gas-insulated switchgear, protection and control panels and all ancillary equipment in pre-assembled, pre-tested, container-sized modules.
The housing modules were manufactured at a factory, then assembled at an integration facility near the port of Quingdao in northeast China where all equipment was installed, wired, commissioned and tested and then shipped to the final site in Singapore as a single prefabricated unit, the manufacturer said in a press release.
The substation is around 98 ft long, 32 wide and 19 ft high. With a weight of 250 tons, it must be loaded, off-loaded and transported with a self-propelled modular transporter.
Modular containerized prefabricated grid and power quality solutions typically shorten project lead times by 30-40% and significantly reduce the footprint.
“Our prefabricated containerized substations shift assembly, installation and testing from the customer’s site to our integration yards, where the work is done in advance of delivery,” says Niklas Persson, Managing Director of Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ Grid Integration business. “This brings huge benefits for our customers in terms of lower carbon footprint while allowing to reduce time, costs and risks.”
Source: Hitachi ABB Power Grids