Hanwha Impact, a subsidiary of Hanwha Solutions, announced on December 1 that it has won a hydrogen co-firing gas turbine remodeling project in the United States.
For the first time in the world, a 40% hydrogen co-firing rate will be applied to natural gas turbines that are in commercial operation by 2022.
In the US Linden Cogeneration hydrogen co-firing gas turbine remodeling project, a hydrogen co-firing rate of 40%, is applied to one 172MW class gas turbine.
The nitrogen oxide treatment technology applied in this order is also noteworthy. Nitrogen oxide is an environmental pollutant that causes fine dust, smog, and acid rain, and the technology to treat it is very important.
Flame Sheet, Hanwha's latest technology, complies with domestic air environment regulations by reducing nitrogen oxide generation to 9ppm or less while applying hydrogen co-firing.
This project allows by-product gas generated from a nearby oil refinery to be used as fuel. By-product gas has become a problem as it releases environmental pollutants when burned.
However, in this project, by-product gas was used as fuel to significantly lower fuel costs and minimize pollutant emissions. The fuel cost was lowered while solving the environmental pollution problem.
Triple Fuel technology is also applied in case of natural disasters such as hurricanes.
Hanwha Impact is conducting a demonstration project to reduce carbon emissions by up to 20% or more by applying a hydrogen co-firing rate of up to 55%.
In 2023, the company plans to reduce 16 million tons of carbon dioxide per year by applying hydrogen co-fired power generation to the first gas turbine of the West Incheon Power Generation Headquarters of Korea Western Power.
