Iran Joins World's 25MW Gas Turbine Producers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian said the country has joined the club of countries in the world that produce 25 Megawatt gas turbines.
Speaking in a press conference here in Tehran on Monday, Falahatian said Iran is now among the fewer than 10 countries in the world that can manufacture this kind of turbines.
He said the turbine’s efficiency is up to 85 percent when used for water desalination in addition to generating energy, noting that it is equipped with water desalination systems.
Falahatian added that the domestically designed and manufactured gas turbine can also be used in oil and gas transportation networks and that the oil ministry has supported its production.
A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine.
It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in between. In such a system, energy is added to the gas stream in the combustor, where fuel is mixed with air and ignited.
The Iranian Oil Ministry signed an agreement with a domestic research center in March 2012, commissioning the center to indigenize and develop the technology necessary for design and manufacture of gas turbines with capacities ranging from 25 to 30 megawatts.
Prior to such achievement, Iranian companies made certain parts of gas turbines by transferring technology from foreign companies, but they are currently capable of both designing and building the whole assembly in the country.
