Chandpur Power Generation, part of Doreen Power, had ordered four 18V51/60TS and two 20V45/60 engines for the new plant, which will feed 125 MW into the national grid.
“In Chandpur, the power plant operators have chosen a particularly innovative engine setup. The combination of our 20V45/60 engines and the 18V51/60TS engines with two-stage turbocharging guarantees maximum fuel efficiency and a more compact plant design thanks to a higher power density,” said Waldemar Wiesner, head of region Middle-East Africa, at MAN’s Power Plant Sales.
With 26 MW output per engine, the 20V45/60 is particularly powerful at a fuel utilization rate of over 50 percent. The customer in Chandpur also uses four 18V51/60TS engines, combined with two-stage turbocharging – a premiere for this engine type. The units come both with a low- and a high-pressure compressor, connected in series to improve power density and efficiency.
Adding 278 MW at Bogra and Chittagong
For Confidence Power, MAN has already built and handed over three power plants based on a total of fifteen 18V48/60 units in Bogra and Chittagong. The two plants in Bogra will generate 113 MW each to supply base-load electricity to the city, while the third power plant in Chittagong will feed 56 MW into the grid of the port of Bangladesh's second-largest city.
“As soon as all ongoing projects are finished, MAN will provide a capacity of approximately 2 GW nationwide,” Wiesner said, noting this corresponds to around 10 percent of Bangladesh’s currently installed capacity.