The Allweiler skids will be used for power plant expansions in Kirkuk as well as new plants being built in Baiji and Baghdad.
The first two skids will be completed in early 2011. The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has ordered an additional five and has options to purchase three more.
“We have decades of experience in engineering fuel-forwarding systems for power plants, and our unique solution gave us the edge we needed to win this contract,” said Clay Kiefaber, Colfax president and CEO.
Designed for redundancy with two high-pressure pumps, the skids are capable of switching between multiple fuel types within a short time without shutting down the turbines.