Factory acceptance tests of the first prototype of the AL-41ST-25 industrial gas turbine engine, which had been created at the request of Gazprom, began today in Ufa at the production site of UEC-UMPO (part of United Engine Corporation affiliated with the Rostec State Corporation).
Taking part in the event were Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Sergey Chemezov, Director General of the Rostec State Corporation, and Andrey Nazarov, Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
Gas turbine engines are a key component of gas compressor units at compressor stations. This type of equipment is used by Gazprom at natural gas production and transmission facilities.
For many years, the Company has been systematically performing technological development of the production complex. In cooperation with domestic manufacturers, Gazprom is developing high-tech and research-intensive equipment. Its implementation allows Gazprom to ensure highly reliable gas supplies to consumers and to further improve the efficiency of Russia's Unified Gas Supply System.
Specially for Gazprom, UEC has developed a new gas turbine engine model ?L-41ST-25 on the basis of the most stringent requirements to the efficiency, fuel consumption, time between overhauls, and environmental sustainability. The engine capacity is 25 MW. The model can also be used for the creation of a range of 32 MW and 42 MW drive engines. This offers new prospects for the application of the AL series engines at Gazprom's facilities.
After the manufacturing plant completes the testing, the first prototype of the ?L-41ST-25 engine will be installed at the Arskaya compressor station (Gazprom Transgaz Kazan) and undergo pilot tests there.
It is a next-generation engine and the first domestically developed machine ever that has such technical parameters; they are unprecedented in the history of our industry. This means that today we are taking a very large step towards our technological sovereignty in the fuel and energy complex.
Gazprom, Rostec and UEC are strategic partners, and the development of this engine is undoubtedly a new milestone in expanding our cooperation.
I am confident that, in the near future, the batch production of the engine for Gazprom will start, said Alexey Miller.