Fire at Mytishchi CHP. What is known about this station?

Man-made disaster occurred in the Moscow regionMytishchi. A major fire occurred on a gas pipeline near CHPP-27 Severnaya. At the high-pressure station, the fiery torch rose 50 meters into the sky. The fire was assigned a third, increased level of complexity. According to emergency services, the fire area was 800 square meters. To fight the fire, two helicopters, two fire trains and more than a hundred people were sent. According to the latest information, 11 people suffered as a result of the fire. They turned to doctors.

Fire at the CHP in Mytishchi

There are a lot of videos and photos on the web.eyewitnesses, which can be seen a huge fire. At noon, the flare burning was conquered, but the fire spread to the administrative building. As indicated by the RIA Novosti publication, referring to a source in the emergency services, one of the power units of the station disconnected in the event of a fire.

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What is known about CHP-27?

It looks like CHP-27

The company is part of the capital's power system,located in the village Chelobitevo Urban District Mytishchi Moscow region. The station is managed by the territorial generating company Mosenergo. The electric capacity of the station is 1060 MW. The main fuel used at the station is natural gas.

Construction of CHP-27 began during the SovietUnion in 1987. But it ended already after the collapse of the USSR, in 1992. Initially, it was called "Northern Thermal Power Plant". The first power unit was launched in 1996, the second - in 1998. The third unit was launched in 2007. It became the most powerful power plant of Mosenergo, capable of illuminating about 400 thousand apartments. Its capacity is 450 MW. This is the most modern power plant in the region.

Thanks to this station, more than one million residents of the Northern and Northeastern Districts of Moscow, as well as the city of Mytischi, receive heat and electricity.

CHP-27 is called the most environmentally friendlypower plant not only in Russia but also in Europe. Natural gas is used as the main and backup fuel, which excludes emissions of soot, sulfur oxides and hydrocarbons. The station is equipped with cleaning systems, protection from noise, infrasound, vibration and electromagnetic fields.

According to some media reports, the witnesses to the accident andlocals reported interruptions in electricity and hot water supplies. How many people were left without electricity, not yet reported. The situation with the fire took the personal control of the governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov.

Mosenergo said that the station’s equipment was notsuffered To provide the population with energy, the company removed from the reserve additional power generation and increased capacity at the stations already operating.

Scheme of operation of CHP

Simplified work pattern

The main task of power plants, boilers, electrical and heating networks is the production, conversion and distribution of electrical energy and heat to consumers.

Efficiency and environmental friendliness of steam and gas units

The use of highly efficient steam-gasinstallations allows to provide total efficiency to 52% and at the same time to save 30% of gas in comparison with the traditional steam-power equipment. In addition, the use of combined-cycle technology reduces the amount of harmful emissions into the atmosphere.

Problems with CHP-27 have already been

In the history of Mytishchi CHP-27 there were several problems.

For example, in 2009, CHP-27 was stopped due to damage to the gas pipeline in the Moscow region. The station was restored on the same day.

In 2011, one of the transformers caught fire at the station. The fire area was 220 square meters. Fortunately, the dead and injured were not.