PROJECT DETAILS

In the Donbass area very large amounts of CMM occur. At the time most of the CMM is released to the atmosphere using degassing wells, which are often placed in the steppe far away form residential and industrial areas, so that is often impossible to use the CMM for heat generation economically. Because the electricity price is very low in Ukraine and there are no existing laws for supporting environmentally friendly energies like CMM, CMM can not be used in cogeneration units for power generation at economical conditions. Consequently most of the CMM in the Donbass area is released unused into the atmosphere.

In this project CMM from the suction system of the coal mine Donbasskaya 3, which is concurrently in construction, should be used in a boiler for heat generation. Additionally a flare for further methane destruction should be installed.

Actually there are three existing redundant steam boilers in operation with an output of 25 t/h steam each. The boilers are fired with coal and supply the coal mine facilities with heat (steam).

In this project one of the existing boilers should be fuel-switched. The boiler should be upgraded with a CMM burner system and henceforth be fired with CMM instead of coal.

Due to the large amount of CMM occurring on the coal mine, additionally a flare with a firing capacity of 5.0 MW should be installed. If the experience with the flare will be good and the amount of CMM remains high, further flares may follow.