Nooter/Eriksen, a leading provider of Heat Recovery Steam Generators, industrial fired boilers and exhaust catalyst systems, is providing a ‘hydrogen-ready’ fired boiler for Triton Power in the UK. The boiler will provide steam at Triton Power’s 1200 MWe CCGT Saltend Cogeneration Plant which provides electricity and steam for the adjacent Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber region of the UK.  

The boiler is described as being very versatile, offering the ability to generate steam efficiently and sustainably using either 100% hydrogen or 100% natural gas, or any blend of these fuels, without compromising efficiency or environmental performance. 

In addition to the steam generation package, the scope of supply includes all boiler auxiliaries such as feedwater pumps, forced draft fans, deaerator tower with heater and storage tank, economisers, catalyst, blowdown system, steam and water sampling system, and continuous emissions monitoring system.

NOx control is understood to be by post combustion SCR, with the boiler supplying steam to the Saltend Chemical Plants industrial customers when the gas turbine CHP system is offline. This could be the case if Equinor’s H2H Saltend project is selected as part of the forthcoming Track-1 Expansion programme. This is expected to be announced later in 2024 and would see emitter projects in the Humber and Teesside regions, potentially including H2H Saltend, bidding for funding to join the East Coast Cluster.

The H2H Saltend project potentially includes an upgrade of the gas turbines at the Saltend Cogeneration plant to be able burn a 30% hydrogen mix, in which case the Nooter Erikson fired boiler as described above would be needed in earnest.