Mongolian Power Industry Development Contributes to University Research

12:38, October 6, 2022

University will prepare specialists of power plants and improve equipment [photo report]

Scientific developments of the Ural Federal University can be used at the largest energy companies in Mongolia. This was discussed at the meetings between their managers and Victor Koksharov, the rector of the Ural Federal University. The decision was made to send a joint team of power engineers and metallurgists from the university to the capital of Mongolia.

For example, for Ulaanbaatar Combined Heat and Power Plant 4 (CHP-4), headed by Urjindorj Tumurhuyag, a graduate of UPI (now UrFU), university specialists are ready to offer a new system to control the operating parameters of the boiler unit. For the capital's CHP-3 they suggest improving the heat-exchange equipment of turbine units.

"Our capabilities include analytical review of methods of preservation of CHP boiler units, reduction of dust outflow from technological units heated with solid fuel, assessment of equipment reliability indicators. Our Mongolian colleagues are very interested in them. We are glad to see the graduates of our heat power and electrical engineering departments at the industry's enterprises. Obviously, their contribution to the development of the country was facilitated by the knowledge acquired in the Urals," says Sergey Sarapulov, Director of the Ural Power Engineering Institute.

Personnel training and advanced training of plant employees is also an important item on the agenda of the university delegation's meetings with the heads of enterprises. Five employees of CHP-4 have already been sent to UrFU and are now taking a Russian language course. The language barrier remains the main obstacle to the development of cooperation.

Representatives of the Institute of New Materials and Technologies also joined the discussion with the companies. The Mongolian colleagues are interested in developing a training program for metallurgists, as well as research on austenitic steels.

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The modernization of Ulaanbaatar's coal-fired CHP-4 remains an urgent task for Mongolia's industry. The country is increasing its power generation while remaining energy deficient, with power plant capacity of only a little over 1 GW, with the need to quadruple by 2030.

Half a hundred Mongolian students now study at UrFU. More than 2,000 graduates of UPI, UrSU, and UrFU work in Mongolia, many of whom have senior positions in politics, industry, culture, and science. The Mongolian Alumni Association was created in 2013, and it became the first foreign one.

The news article was translated by UrFU International Marketing Office
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