Pressure Balanced and Universal Expansion Joints for Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Sicily

MACOGA is a leading expert in Expansion Joints for Solar Power Generating Plants.  

We have supplied our Expansion Joints to over 300 power plants throughout the world and this makes MACOGA the largest Expansion Joints provider in this sector.

Concentrating solar-thermal power is used to generate electricity by converting energy from sunlight to power a turbine, but the same basic technologies can also be used to deliver heat to a variety of industrial applications, like water desalination, enhanced oil recovery, food processing, chemical production, and mineral processing.

On this occasion we have been awarded an order for design, manufacturing, testing and delivery of several Universal Tied Expansion Joints and one Elbow Pressure Balanced for a Solar Power Generating Plant in Sicily, Italy.

Design Codes and Specifications:

• EJMA latest edition
• ASME Code
• Pressure Equipment Directive PED 97/23 / EC

Mechanical design, parameters and features of the expansion joint supplied:

Type: Elbow Pressure Balanced MPB-E

• Size: 1200 mm
• Length: 2000 mm
• Design Pressure: 0,5 barg
• Temperature: +120 °C

Type: Universal Tied MWL

• Size: 600 mm
• Length: 1200 mm
• Design Pressure: 0,5 barg
• Temperature: +120 °C

More information:

https://www.macoga.com/en/expansion-joints-for-specific-applications/power-generation