The APK Group in Russia has commissioned its newest meat processing plant, increasing the company's capacity to process 5,000 cattle daily, one of the highest meat processing capacities in the world.
The “state of the art” facility operates in closed cycles that reduce residue production to a minimum, improving resource efficiency and keeps pace with modern sustainability standards.
The new plant was developed by ETW Energietechnik GmbH (ETW). To ensure permanent energy supply without disruption, ETW developed a customised Combined Heat and Power (CHP) solution to deliver electricity, heat and steam, independent from the grid.
The new plant includes three CHPs with 2 MWel capacity, producing a total of 6 MWel power and 3,021 MWth power, fueled by natural gas and expanded by three steam boilers.
The hybrid steam boilers run on both, exhaust heat and natural gas, producing up to 14.7 tonnes of additional process steam.
To overcome the very unstable grid supply, ETW designed the energy system to operate parallel to the grid and in island mode. In case of a grid failure, the CHPs automatically switch to island mode without shutting down APK's meat production.
Once the grid has stabilised, the CHPs can be resynchronised automatically due to a customised automation system developed by ETW.RIGHT:
ETW created a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) solution with a customised automation system.