MAN Diesel said that, from December 2010, 11 of its most powerful medium-speed engines, the 18-cylinder, vee configuration type 18V48/60, will feed 200MW of electrical power into Costa Rica’s national grid.
When completed, the power plant is expected to be the biggest in Costa Rica, supplying approximately 10% of the nation’s total installed electrical capacity, claims MAN Diesel. The value of the contract for the company is more than E190 million.
According to the company it will equip the new power station at Garabito with exhaust gas treatment systems. An electrostatic particle precipitator will use electrostatic separation to remove particles from the engine exhaust gases.
MAN Diesel is a provider of large-bore diesel engines for marine and power plant applications. The company designs two-stroke and four-stroke engines, generating sets, turbochargers, CP propellers and complete propulsion packages that are manufactured both by MAN Diesel and its licensees. The engines have outputs ranging from 450 to 97,300 kW of power, claims the company.
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