Rolls-Royce signs contract to deliver Spinline Neutron Instrumentation System to Nuclear power plant in Slovakia
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract with Slovenské elektrárne a.s., Slovakia’s largest power generating company, for the delivery of a Spinline™ Neutron Instrumentation System to the Mochovce nuclear power plant in Slovakia.
The System will be installed in units 3 and 4 of Mochovce, which are under construction.
Benoit Chabre, Rolls-Royce Managing Director of Instrumentation & Control, said: “Central Europe is an important market for Rolls-Royce and I am very pleased that Slovenské elektrárne, the second largest power generating company in Central Europe, has entrusted us to provide digital nuclear instrumentation systems for Mochovce units 3 and 4.”
Rolls-Royce is a world leader in the delivery of Neutron Instrumentation System technology, with more than 40 years of successful operation in 104 nuclear reactors worldwide. Rolls-Royce digital nuclear instrumentation solutions are designed to simplify operation and maximise performance.
Rolls-Royce has also delivered the Spinline™ Neutron Instrumentation System to all four units of the Dukovany nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic.
- Rolls-Royce, a world-leading provider of power systems and services for use on land, at sea and in the air, has established a strong position in global markets - civil aerospace, defence aerospace, marine and energy.
- As a result of this strategy, Rolls-Royce today has a broad customer base comprising more than 600 airlines, 4,000 corporate and utility aircraft and helicopter operators, 160 armed forces, more than 2,000 marine customers, including 70 navies, and energy customers in nearly 120 countries, with an installed base of 54,000 gas turbines.
- Rolls-Royce employs over 39,000 skilled people in offices, manufacturing and service facilities in 50 countries. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment, and to further developing employee skills.
- In 2009, Rolls-Royce invested £864 million on research and development, two thirds of which had the objective of further improving the environmental aspects of its products, in particular the reduction of emissions.
- Annual underlying revenues were £10.1 billion in 2009, of which about half came from services revenues. The firm and announced order book stood at £58.3 billion at 31 December 2009, providing visibility of future levels of activity.
About the industrial RB211:
- Over 600 industrial RB211 engines have been sold worldwide to over 100 customers in 37 countries and they have achieved more than 26 million hours of operation.
- Today’s fleet of RB211s includes a number of units that have completed more than 100,000 hours of operation. The longest serving industrial RB211 is on a pipeline in North America with over 187,000 hours, while another unit providing electrical power in the North Sea on an oil platform holds the current record for offshore service at over 146,000 hours.
- First introduced in 1974 with a power rating of 24MW, the launch engine went into service with TransCanada PipeLines at their Burstall compressor station in Saskatewan. Today this major gas pipeline operator has 40 RB211s in service
- The engine’s record for continuous operation has seen its role on gas pipelines expand. Today, it is providing the power to keep gas flowing on major pipelines in 19 countries
- With continuous development, derived from various aero engine technological advances, the industrial RB211 has been steadily upgraded to the 32MW GT61 model.
- Major fleets of RB211s operate in Canada (79 units), the UK (76 units), USA (36 units), Brazil (34 units), Malaysia (33 units), Azerbaijan, China and Nigeria (each with 28 units).
Industrial RB211 history:
- The first version of the RB211 to be installed at Burstall in 1974 was the -22B.
- In 1980 the -24A version went into service on the Amoco Indefatigable offshore platform in the North Sea.
- In 1985 the -24C became operational with Shell on another offshore platform, this time in the Tern field.
- Then in 1992 Statoil in Norway placed the -24G on their Oseberg offshore platform
- The first DLE version of the RB211 was commissioned by Pacific Gas Transmission in November 1994, the world’s first aero derivative engine to be fitted with a DLE system
- In 2001 the -24GT (now simply referred to as the RB211-GT) was introduced powering an electrical generating set with Carrico in Portugal. This version of the RB211 incorporates compressor and turbine technology from the Trent aero engine.
- June 2010 sees the announcement of the H63 version with a rating of 44MW.
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