Evaporative Cooling System Lightens Gas Turbine Plant’s Load
As a partnership between ABB Energy Ventures and Kalaeloa Investment Partners (KIP), the cogeneration plant provides a portion of the steam needs for Tesoro Hawaii Corporation, one of the two oil refineries in the state of Hawaii, as well as 180 MW of firm capacity net electrical power to Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. (HECO).
In 1997, Kalaeloa Partners L.P. decided to examine the plant’s system design to determine what capital upgrades could be implemented to increase the plant’s output and efficiency. They found that an evaporative cooling system was one such upgrade that could do just that.