INNIO Jenbacher & Waukesha Gas Engines is a manufacturer of reciprocating engines in the range from 0.12 to 9.5 MW, including the Jenbacher and Waukesha brands. Since 1957, Jenbacher gas piston engines have been manufactured in Jenbach , Tyrol , Austria .
| INNIO Jenbacher | |
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| Type of | Public company |
| Base | |
| Location |  Austria : Jenbach |
| Industry | Power equipment |
| Products | Gas engine power station Diesel power station |
| Parent company | Advent |
| Website | innio.com |
Content
- 1 History
- 1.1 Production of railway equipment
- 1.2 Start of engine production
- 1.3 Integration with GE
- 2 INNIO Jenbacher
- 2.1 Fuel flexibility
- 3 Jenbacher Solutions
- 3.1 Type 2
- 3.2 Type 3
- 3.3 Type 4
- 3.4 Type 6
- 3.5 J624
- 3.6 J920 FleXtra
- 4 Jenbacher in Russia and the CIS
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
The company was founded by Jacob Fugger as a smelter in 1487.
The first blast furnace at the plant was installed in 1774 and was used for smelting cast iron. The plant’s productivity was 1200 kg per day, which undoubtedly was a technological breakthrough for that time. By 1842, the nomenclature of the plant was about 20,000 items, including blowers, cutting and drilling tools, shafts and even large mills. Over the next decades, the plant passed from owner to owner, having experienced both success and failure.
Production of railway equipment
In the forties of the XX century, the plant produced motor vehicles of the MG1 [1] , MG2 , MG3 series , diesel locomotive-electric power station ТГэ supplied to the USSR . Diesel locomotives and railways were manufactured for Austrian railways .
Start of engine production
In 1947, it was decided to focus production on the serial production of diesel generator sets and compressors . The first gas engine was made in 1957, which later turned out to be a turning point for the company. And the acquisition of a controlling stake in Auricon Beteiligungs AG in 1989 allowed us to focus on the development of Jenbacher gas engines .
GE Integration
Shortly after integration in 2003 into the General Electric Corporation, changes and expansions took place in the production, which allowed to significantly increase the production capacity of the plant.
In June 2018, General Electric announced the sale of its entire distributed energy division, which includes the activities of the gas engine group to the famous financial investor Advent [2] .
On November 1, 2018, Jenbacher was merged with its subsidiaries Waukesha and Kapfenberg under the new Innio brand name. The company's headquarters remains in Jenbach .
INNIO Jenbacher
The plant produces piston engines in the electric power range from 0.25 to 9.5 MW. The engines run on various gases, diesel engines with an electric capacity of about 2.5 MW are also produced. Gas reciprocating plants allow the production of electricity, heat ( cogeneration ) and cold ( trigeneration ). Installations operate in various industries, such as commercial real estate and the municipal sector, industrial enterprises , greenhouse complexes , and the oil and gas sector . Basically, the plants are used for their own generation and are operated in the immediate vicinity of the place of energy consumption. To date, more than 15,500 Jenbacher gas reciprocating engines have been installed in more than one hundred countries.
Fuel Flexibility
Jenbacher gas piston engines are capable of operating on a variety of fuels: natural gas , biogas , landfill , mine, associated petroleum gas and wastewater gas. Often, waste gas, the recovery of which is usually problematic, is converted into a valuable raw material.
Jenbacher Solutions
Jenbacher is constantly improving its technology, including through global research centers in Bangalore and Munich, which have made a significant contribution to the development of innovative company solutions. Currently, the Jenbacher product line includes engines of types 2, 3, 4, 6 & 9. Some of the types of engines begin their history in the 1970s. Over the past few years, three new models have been added to the solution line.
Type 2
It was first introduced in 1976, is available in the power range of 250-350 kW. The service life is up to 60,000 hours before the first overhaul.
Type 3
3D generation engines are available in the power range 500–1100 kW. The service life is up to 80,000 hours before the first overhaul.
Type 4
Engines are presented in the power range from 800 to 1500 kW. The model was developed based on Type 3 and 6 engines.
Type 6
Engines are presented in the power range from 1.5 to 4.4 MW. The service life is 60,000 hours of operation until the first overhaul.
J624
In 2005, Jenbacher began developing the first 24-cylinder gas engine, which was introduced in 2007. Engines are available in a power range of about 4.4 MW.
J920 FleXtra
In 2007, GE Jenbacher set a goal to develop an efficient and compact gas piston engine in the range from 5 to 10 MW, the demand for which has grown since the early 2000s. The developed engine has the following characteristics: Speed of rotation 1000 rpm, preliminary combustion chamber, Miller cycle, two-stage turbocharging and pressure regulation on each cylinder. The power of the solution is about 9.5 MW.
Jenbacher in Russia and the CIS
More than 500 Jenbacher engines with a total electric capacity of about 1 GW are installed in Russia and the CIS.
The regional office of the company is located in Moscow. In 2011, the Energy Technology Center was opened in Kaluga, which specializes in the repair of Jenbacher gas piston engines.
Notes
- ↑ Jenbacher factory
- ↑ Advent to acquire GE's Distributed Power business (English ) ? . Advent International (June 25, 2018). Date of treatment January 12, 2019.