PROJECT JI
«Realization of a complex of energy saving activities at the JSC “Odessa Port Plant”»
Joint Stock Company “Odessa Port Plant” is one of the largest Ukrainian enterprises producing ammonia and urea.
Project activities are aimed at improvement in power efficiency of the plant by the implementation of 3 subprojects:
- Installation of waste heat boilers for the flue gases – as a result of this subproject implementation, during 2001-2004 the waste heat boilers were installed, allowing to recover heat of the flue gases from gas-turbine engines. The main purpose of this activity is to decrease natural gas volumes burnt by the boiler shop of JSC “OPP” to generate heat energy for production and heating needs of the plant. The flue gas heat recovery by waste heat boilers will allow to generate steam necessary for urea production and to heat up the water in the network of the plant. This heat energy partly substitutes one that is generated by the boiler shop leading to the reduction of natural gas volumes burnt by the boiler shop for heat energy production.
- Modernization of two urea production units – as a result of this subproject implementation, in 2001 a phased modernization of two urea production units started. The aim of the modernization is to install highly efficient equipment permitting to decrease amounts of heat and electric energy used for urea production, at the same time allowing to reduce the amounts of fossil fuel burning for the energy production. Reduction in volume of heat energy for the urea production will lead to the decrease in amounts of heat energy generated by the boiler shop and, as a result, reducing consumption of natural gas by the boiler shop. Reduction of the electric power consumption will permit to reduce its consumption from Ukraine’s Electricity Transmission Grid leading to the decrease of the burning volume of fossil fuel for electric energy production by power enterprises in Ukraine.
- Modernization of two ammonia production units – as a result of this subproject implementation, in 2004 a phased modernization of two ammonia production units started. The purpose of modernization is to reduce consumption of natural gas for ammonia production. Natural gas, used for ammonia production, has two functions:
- technological purposes – the natural gas is used directly for the chemical ammonia synthesis providing necessary chemical elements for the process. Data on consumption of technological gas is used to calculate amounts of ammonia produced;
- fuel purposes – this natural gas is necessary to provide required temperatures for chemical synthesis. It is the fuel gas which is planned to reduce in natural gas consumption for ammonia production.