– The plan is for them to replace the ones that are already there. Our new heat exchangers are twice as large and will provide much better efficiency for the customer, says Kjell Vidar Netland, head of offshore products at Halvorsen.
Installation can only take place during the summer months. The heat exchangers will therefore be temporarily stored in Stavanger for a few months before being shipped out to the platform.
A so-called Waste Heat Recovery Unit (WHRU) ensures that heat from the exhaust gas in a gas turbine produces process heat for the platform. Each of the colossi standing in the workshop at Øyesletta weighs around 20 tonnes.
Halvorsen received the WHRU order about a year ago. Netland is now hoping for more orders.
– This is a market we want to focus on going forward. Products related to pressure and temperature are not just something we're good at. This is our core competence, says Netland.
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Kjell Vidar Netland by one of the heat exchangers that will soon be installed in the North Sea.
