Vital artery
The Western Thermal Complex celebrates its half-century anniversary
In March 2022, the Western Thermal Complex turned 50 years old. The main task of the ZTK is the generation and supply of thermal energy. It includes the Western District Boiler House (ZRK), the New-Western Boiler House (NZK), the South-Western Regional Boiler House (YZRK), two Central Heat Distribution Points (CTDP) and a pumping station.
The Western District Boiler House project was approved by the decision of the Almaty Economic Council in 1961. Construction began in 1962. Initially, it was part of the Directorate of light industry enterprises under construction. The first stage with a capacity of 75 t/h. Three steam and two hot water boilers were built. The air defense system was built mainly for the needs of the Alma-Ata cotton mill.
From 1972 until mid-August 1996, ZRK and NZK were a state enterprise in the system of the Almaty Energy Thermal Network Enterprise (APTS).
In August 1996, ZTK became the property of Almaty Power Consolidated. In 2000, the Novo-Zapadnaya boiler house and the Western district boiler house became part of the ZTK. Since February 15, 2007, ZTK has been part of Almaty Electric Power Plants JSC.
Since the beginning of construction, the steam and hot water parts of the air defense system have been expanded. In 1980, together with CHPP-2, the central heating station and pumping station No. 6 were launched. This made it possible to improve the hydraulic thermal conditions of the entire city. A connection was established between CHPP-2, CTRP, ZRK and CHPP-1 to ensure the reliability of heat supply to the city.
Head of the CC V.Sirobaba, boiler operator E.Andreev, 1985
The NZK project was approved in 1983. Construction began in 1984 and in 1989 four new experimental seismic hot water boilers were built.
In 2013, reconstruction work began at ZTK. The customer for the development of the project and the reconstruction is the Akimat of Almaty.
The total installed thermal capacity is 1100 Gcal/hour, for the steam part – 20 Gcal/hour, including NZK-400 Gcal/hour, ZRK – 808 Gcal/hour. The available thermal capacity of the NZK is 300 Gcal/hour, the ZRK is 608.8 Gcal/hour (including the steam part 20 Gcal/hour) in total – 908.8 Gcal/hour.
CC T. Vilyamova, T. Tursunkanova, 1986
Today, ZTK operates according to a dispatch load schedule to ensure reliable and safe operation of equipment, good condition of buildings and structures, and communication systems. The heating main supplies heat to more than 1,000 apartment buildings in Almaty,” said Alibek Tastanbekov, managing director of ZTK.
In the future, ZTK plans to install Fitch catalysts on gas pipelines to the PTVM-50 boiler in 2023, costing 35 million tenge. This will save gas consumption up to 360 thousand m3 per year. In 2022, the lighting of the ZTK territory will be modernized. Outdated incandescent lamps will be replaced with LED ones. The introduction of a frequency control system for a group of pumps in PS-6 will be carried out in 2024, which will save over 1 million kW per year.
In the period 2022-2025, it is planned to modernize the heating main of CHPP-2, ZTK. The existing two-pipe system will be replaced with a three-pipe system, with the organization of return of network water for reheating to the power plants of CHPP-2. This project is at the feasibility study stage.
Congratulations to all ZTK employees on their golden anniversary. We wish you fruitful and trouble-free work.