Tuesday, March 5 2019 13:38

ArmInfo.Schneider Electric Corporation donated to the Armenian NPP equipment  for test operation. The transfer ceremony, which took place the day before,  was attended by the Director of Schneider Electric Representation in  Armenia Avetik Kalantaryan and General Director of the NPP Movses  Vardanyan.

According to the press service of the ANPP, under the contract,  concluded between "ANPP" CJSC and "Schneider Electric" Corporation,  Kalantaryan donated equipment to the ANPP as a gift for trial  operation, particularly SEPAM 80NPP with relevant technical  documentation.

Then, a working meeting was held under the chairmanship of Movses  Vardanyan with the participation of senior staff and managers of  interested units. Director General thanked the Director of the  Armenian representation of the corporation "Schneider Electric" for  cooperation and assistance.

As reported by ArmInfo, on February 4 of this year turbine generator  was delivered to the Armenian nuclear power plant. This is the second  turbine generator, which is supplied to the ANPP during the year as  part of the project to modernize and extend the life of the plant.  This new generation equipment will allow increasing the plant  efficiency and increasing electricity production. The first was  delivered in 2017 and has already replaced the turbine generator that  has run out the term, operating since the late 1970s. "After  upgrading the equipment at the ANPP, which also involves replacing  turbines, transformers, power supply systems, capacitors, restoring  cooling towers, with the same amount of fuel consumed, we will  generate energy 40 MW higher than the current level. Increasing the  efficiency will make it possible to reduce costs per unit of  generated electricity, which is extremely important for stabilizing  selling prices, "noted the General Director of the Armenian NPP  Movses Vardanyan. The installation of the second turbogenerator will  be carried out in 2019, as part of a complex of installation and  commissioning works in the machine room of the station (according to  the general project of modernization of power generation systems).  These works started in April 2018 and will last until the end of  2019. In parallel with the work in the engine room in 2019, work will  begin to improve the safety of the main station systems. The  turbogenerator refers to large-sized equipment, so the transportation  took place in several stages. The equipment was first delivered to  Antwerp, where a special crane vessel was waiting, capable of  independently loading and unloading this heavy equipment (Poti port  cranes cannot lift such heavy equipment). Then the cargo proceeded to  the port of Poti, and from there several batches to the Armenian NPP  via the railway, which was specially repaired by the South-Caucasian  Railway company. The main objectives of the project to extend the  life of the 2nd unit of the Armenian NPP are the restoration of the  resource and the extension of the plant to 10 years, improving the  safety and efficiency of NPPs. All work on the project will be  completed by the end of 2021.