ASeminar Report on

THERMAL POWER PLANT

For the partial fulfillment of the
Bachelor of Technology in MECHANICAL ENGG.

Submitted By
MUKESH KUMAR
(B.Tech. Final Year)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Anand International College of Engineering
RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

EXAMINERS CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that Mr. mukesh kumar Student of final Year B.Tech. MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING 2013-14 was examined in the seminar work entitled THERMAL
POWER PLANT at anand international college of Engineering .

(Internal Examiner)

(External Examiner)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Anand international college of engineering
RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar entitled THERMAL POWER PLANT has been
successfully completed by Mr. MUKESH KUMAR in partial fulfillment of Degree of
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical branch of RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY during the academic year 2013-14 under the guidance of undersigned.

H.O.D
(MECH. DEPTT.)

GUIDED BY
ANUP DUBAY

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Anand international college of engineering
RAJASTHAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I am thankful to Mr. ANUP DUBAY (GUIDE) Mechanical Engineering, for giving me full
guidance and supports during the course of research on the topic.

I wish to express my profound sense of gratitude to all the faculty members of

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Branch for their delightful guidance and constant
encouragement throughout the process, they have always been a great inspirational motivator
for me.

I take this as my opportunity to express my whole hearted thanks to all other persons
involved in the process who made it possible to achieve the completion of summer report
with success.

DATE

MUKESH KUMAR

2-04-2014

B.TECH. Final Year

Mechanical Engg.

CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW

2 EFFICIENCY

3 ELECTRICITY COST

4 TYPICAL COAL THERMAL POWER STATION

5 BOILER AND STEAM CYCLE

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5.1 FEED WATER HEATING AND DEAERATION

5.2 BOILER OPERATION

5.3 BOILER FURNACE AND STEAM DRUM

5.4 SUPERHEATER

5.5 STEAM CONDENSING

5.6 REHEATER

5.7 AIR PATH

7 STEAM TURBINE GENERATOR

8 STACK GAS PATH AND CLEANUP

8.1 FLY ASH COLLECTION

8.2 BOTTOM ASH COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL

9 AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
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9.1 BOILER MAKE-UP WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND STORAGE

9.2 FUEL PREPARATION SYSTEM

9.3 BARRING GEAR

9.4 OIL SYSTEM

INTRODUCTION
A station thermal power is a power plant in which the prime mover is steam driven.
Water is heated, turns into steam and spins a steam turbine which drives an electrical
generator. After it passes through the turbine, the steam is condensed in a condenser and
recycled to where it was heated; this is known as a Rankine cycle. The greatest variation in
the design of thermal power stations is due to the different fossil fuel resources generally
used to heat the water. Some prefer to use the term energy center because such facilities
convert forms of heat energy into electrical energy. Certain thermal power plants also are
designed to produce heat energy for industrial purposes of district heating, or desalination of
water, in addition to generating electrical power. Globally, fossil fueled thermal power plants
produce a large part of man-made CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, and efforts to reduce
these are varied and widespread. Almost all coal, nuclear, geothermal, solar thermal electric,
and waste incineration plants, as well as many natural gas power plants are thermal. Natural
gas is frequently combusted in gas turbines as well as boilers. The waste heat from a gas
turbine can be used to raise steam, in a combined cycle plant that improves overall efficiency.
Power plants burning coal, fuel oil, or natural gas are often called fossil-fuel power plants.
Some biomass-fueled thermal power plants have appeared also. Non-nuclear thermal power
plants, particularly fossil-fueled plants, which do not use co-generation are sometimes
referred to as conventional power plants.Combined heat and power plants (CH&P plants),
often called co-generation plants, produce both electric power and heat for process heat or
space heating. Steam and hot water lose energy when piped over substantial distance, so
carrying heat energy by steam or hot water is often only worthwhile within a local area, such
as a ship, industrial plant, or district heating of nearby buildings.

EFFICIENCY

A Rankine cycle with a two-stage steam turbine and a single feed water heater.
The energy efficiency of a conventional thermal power station, considered salable
energy produced as a percent of the heating value of the fuel consumed, is typically 33% to
48% As with all heat engines, their efficiency is limited, and governed by the laws of
thermodynamics. By comparison, most hydropower stations in the United States are about 90
percent efficient in converting the energy of falling water into electricity.
The energy of a thermal not utilized in power production must leave the plant in the
form of heat to the environment. This waste heat can go through a condenser and be disposed
of with cooling water or in cooling towers. If the waste heat is instead utilized for district
heating, it is called co-generation. An important class of thermal power station are associated
with desalination facilities; these are typically found in desert countries with large supplies of

natural gas and in these plants, freshwater production and electricity are equally important coproducts.
The Carnot efficiency dictates that higher efficiencies can be attained by increasing
the temperature of the steam. Sub-critical fossil fuel power plants can achieve 3640%
efficiency. Super critical designs have efficiencies in the low to mid 40% range, with new
"ultra critical" designs using pressures of 4400 psi (30.3 MPa) and multiple stage reheat
reaching about 48% efficiency. Above the critical point for water of 705 F (374 C) and
3212 psi (22.06 MPa), there is no phase transition from water to steam, but only a gradual
decrease in density.Currently most of the nuclear power plants must operate below the
temperatures and pressures that coal-fired plants do, since the pressurized vessel is very large
and contains the entire bundle of nuclear fuel rods. The size of the reactor limits the pressure
that can be reached. This, in turn, limits their thermodynamic efficiency to 3032%. Some
advanced reactor designs being studied, such as the very high temperature reactor, advanced
gas-cooled reactor and supercritical water reactor, would operate at temperatures and
pressures similar to current coal plants, producing comparable thermodynamic efficiency.
ELECTRICITY COST
The direct cost of electric energy produced by a thermal power station is the result of
cost of fuel, capital cost for the plant, operator labour, maintenance, and such factors as ash
handling and disposal. Indirect, social or environmental costs such as the economic value of
environmental impacts, or environmental and health effects of the complete fuel cycle and
plant decommissioning, are not usually assigned to generation costs for thermal stations in
utility practice, but may form part of an environmental impact assessment.

TYPICAL COAL THERMAL POWER STATION

Typical diagram of a coal-fired thermal power station

1. Cooling tower
2. Cooling water pump

10. Steam Control valve

19. Superheater

11. High pressure steam 20. Forced draught (draft)

turbine

fan

3. transmission line (3-phase)

12. Deaerator

21. Reheater

4. Step-up transformer (3-phase)

13. Feedwater heater

22. Combustion air intake

5. Electrical generator (3-phase)

14. Coal conveyor

23. Economiser

6. Low pressure steam turbine

15. Coal hopper

24. Air preheater

7. Condensate pump

16. Coal pulverizer

25. Precipitator

8. Surface condenser

17. Boiler steam drum

26. Induced draught (draft)

fan
9. Intermediate pressure steam
turbine

18. Bottom ash hopper

27. Flue gas stack

For units over about 200 MW capacity, redundancy of key components is provided by
installing duplicates of the forced and induced draft fans, air preheaters, and fly ash
collectors. On some units of about 60 MW, two boilers per unit may instead be provided.
BOILER AND STEAM CYCLE
In the nuclear plant field, steam generator refers to a specific type of large heat
exchanger used in a pressurized water reactor (PWR) to thermally connect the primary
(reactor plant) and secondary (steam plant) systems, which generates steam. In a nuclear
reactor called a boiling water reactor (BWR), water is boiled to generate steam directly in the
reactor itself and there are no units called steam generators.In some industrial settings, there
can also be steam-producing heat exchangers called heat recovery steam generators (HRSG)
which utilize heat from some industrial process. The steam generating boiler has to produce
steam at the high purity, pressure and temperature required for the steam turbine that drives
the electrical generator.
Geothermal plants need no boiler since they use naturally occurring steam sources.
Heat exchangers may be used where the geothermal steam is very corrosive or contains
excessive suspended solids.A fossil fuel steam generator includes an economizer, a steam
drum, and the furnace with its steam generating tubes and superheater coils. Necessary safety
valves are located at suitable points to avoid excessive boiler pressure. The air and flue gas
path equipment include: forced draft (FD) fan, air preheater (AP), boiler furnace, induced
draft (ID) fan, fly ash collectors (electrostatic precipitator or baghouse) and the flue gas stack.

FEED WATER HEATING AND DEAERATION

The boiler feedwater used in the steam boiler is a means of transferring heat energy
from the burning fuel to the mechanical energy of the spinning steam turbine. The total feed
water consists of recirculated condensate water and purified makeup water. Because the
metallic materials it contacts are subject to corrosion at high temperatures and pressures, the
makeup water is highly purified before use. A system of water softeners and ion exchange
demineralizers produces water so pure that it coincidentally becomes an electrical insulator,
with conductivity in the range of 0.31.0 microsiemens per centimeter. The makeup water in
a 500 MWe plant amounts to perhaps 120 US gallons per minute (7.6 L/s) to replace water
drawn off from the boiler drums for water purity management, and to also offset the small
losses from steam leaks in the system.
The feed water cycle begins with condensate water being pumped out of the
condenser after traveling through the steam turbines. The condensate flow rate at full load in
a 500 MW plant is about 6,000 US gallons per minute (400 L/s).

Diagram of boiler feed water deaerator (with vertical, domed aeration section and horizontal
water storage section).The water is pressurized in two stages, and flows through a series of
six or seven intermediate feed water heaters, heated up at each point with steam extracted
from an appropriate duct on the turbines and gaining temperature at each stage. Typically, in
the middle of this series of feedwater heaters, and before the second stage of pressurization,
the condensate plus the makeup water flows through a deaerator that removes dissolved air

from the water, further purifying and reducing its corrosiveness. The water may be dosed
following this point with hydrazine, a chemical that removes the remaining oxygen in the
water to below 5 parts per billion (ppb). It is also dosed with pH control agents such as
ammonia or morpholine to keep the residual acidity low and thus non-corrosive.

BOILER OPERATION
The boiler is a rectangular furnace about 50 feet (15 m) on a side and 130 feet (40 m)
tall. Its walls are made of a web of high pressure steel tubes about 2.3 inches (58 mm) in
diameter.Pulverized coal is air-blown into the furnace through burners located at the four
corners, or along one wall, or two opposite walls, and it is ignited to rapidly burn, forming a
large fireball at the center. The thermal radiation of the fireball heats the water that circulates
through the boiler tubes near the boiler perimeter. The water circulation rate in the boiler is
three to four times the throughput. As the water in the boiler circulates it absorbs heat and
changes into steam. It is separated from the water inside a drum at the top of the furnace. The
saturated steam is introduced into superheat pendant tubes that hang in the hottest part of the
combustion gases as they exit the furnace. Here the steam is superheated to 1,000 F (540 C)
to prepare it for the turbine.
Plants designed for lignite (brown coal) are increasingly used in locations as varied as
Germany, Victoria, Australia and North Dakota. Lignite is a much younger form of coal than
black coal. It has a lower energy density than black coal and requires a much larger furnace
for equivalent heat output. Such coals may contain up to 70% water and ash, yielding lower
furnace temperatures and requiring larger induced-draft fans. The firing systems also differ
from black coal and typically draw hot gas from the furnace-exit level and mix it with the
incoming coal in fan-type mills that inject the pulverized coal and hot gas mixture into the
boiler.Plants that use gas turbines to heat the water for conversion into steam use boilers
known as heat recovery steam generators (HRSG). The exhaust heat from the gas turbines is
used to make superheated steam that is then used in a conventional water-steam generation
cycle, as described in gas turbine combined-cycle plants section below.

BOILER FURNACE AND STEAM DRUM

The water enters the boiler through a section in the convection pass called the
economizer. From the economizer it passes to the steam drum and from there it goes through
downcomers to inlet headers at the bottom of the water walls. From these headers the water
rises through the water walls of the furnace where some of it is turned into steam and the
mixture of water and steam then re-enters the steam drum. This process may be driven purely
by natural circulation (because the water is the denser than the water/steam mixture in the
water walls) or assisted by pumps. In the steam drum, the water is returned to the down
comers and the steam is passed through a series of steam separators and dryers that remove
water droplets from the steam. The dry steam then flows into the superheater coils.The boiler
furnace auxiliary equipment includes coal feed nozzles and igniter guns, soot blowers, water
lancing and observation ports (in the furnace walls) for observation of the furnace interior.
Furnace explosions due to any accumulation of combustible gases after a trip-out are avoided
by flushing out such gases from the combustion zone before igniting the coal. The steam
drum (as well as the super heater coils and headers) have air vents and drains needed for
initial start up.
SUPERHEATER
Fossil fuel power plants often have a superheater section in the steam generating
furnace. The steam passes through drying equipment inside the steam drum on to the
superheater, a set of tubes in the furnace. Here the steam picks up more energy from hot flue
gases outside the tubing and its temperature is now superheated above the saturation
temperature. The superheated steam is then piped through the main steam lines to the valves
before the high pressure turbine.Nuclear-powered steam plants do not have such sections but
produce steam at essentially saturated conditions. Experimental nuclear plants were equipped
with fossil-fired super heaters in an attempt to improve overall plant operating cost.
STEAM CONDENSING
The condenser condenses the steam from the exhaust of the turbine into liquid to allow it to
be pumped. If the condenser can be made cooler, the pressure of the exhaust steam is reduced
and efficiency of the cycle increases.

Diagram of a typical water-cooled surface condenser.

The surface condenser is a shell and tube heat exchanger in which cooling water is
circulated through the tubes. The exhaust steam from the low pressure turbine enters the shell
where it is cooled and converted to condensate (water) by flowing over the tubes as shown in
the adjacent diagram. Such condensers use steam ejectors or rotary motor-driven exhausters
for continuous removal of air and gases from the steam side to maintain vacuum.For best
efficiency, the temperature in the condenser must be kept as low as practical in order to
achieve the lowest possible pressure in the condensing steam. Since the condenser
temperature can almost always be kept significantly below 100 C where the vapor pressure
of water is much less than atmospheric pressure, the condenser generally works under
vacuum. Thus leaks of non-condensible air into the closed loop must be prevented.
Typically the cooling water causes the steam to condense at a temperature of about 35 C
(95 F) and that creates an absolute pressure in the condenser of about 27 kPa (0.59
2.07 inHg), i.e. a vacuum of about 95 kPa (28 inHg) relative to atmospheric pressure. The
large decrease in volume that occurs when water vapor condenses to liquid creates the low
vacuum that helps pull steam through and increase the efficiency of the turbines.The limiting
factor is the temperature of the cooling water and that, in turn, is limited by the prevailing
average climatic conditions at the power plant's location (it may be possible to lower the
temperature beyond the turbine limits during winter, causing excessive condensation in the
turbine). Plants operating in hot climates may have to reduce output if their source of

condenser cooling water becomes warmer; unfortunately this usually coincides with periods
of high electrical demand for air conditioning.
The condenser generally uses either circulating cooling water from a cooling tower to
reject waste heat to the atmosphere, or once-through water from a river, lake or ocean.

A Marley mechanical induced draft cooling tower

The heat absorbed by the circulating cooling water in the condenser tubes must also
be removed to maintain the ability of the water to cool as it circulates. This is done by
pumping the warm water from the condenser through either natural draft, forced draft or
induced draft cooling towers (as seen in the image to the right) that reduce the temperature of
the water by evaporation, by about 11 to 17 C (20 to 30 F)expelling waste heat to the
atmosphere. The circulation flow rate of the cooling water in a 500 MW unit is about 14.2
m/s (500 ft/s or 225,000 US gal/min) at full load. The condenser tubes are made of brass or
stainless steel to resist corrosion from either side. Nevertheless they may become internally
fouled during operation by bacteria or algae in the cooling water or by mineral scaling, all of
which inhibit heat transfer and reduce thermodynamic efficiency. Many plants include an
automatic cleaning system that circulates sponge rubber balls through the tubes to scrub them
clean without the need to take the system off-line.]
The cooling water used to condense the steam in the condenser returns to its source
without having been changed other than having been warmed. If the water returns to a local
water body (rather than a circulating cooling tower), it is tempered with cool 'raw' water to
prevent thermal shock when discharged into that body of water.Another form of condensing
system is the air-cooled condenser. The process is similar to that of a radiator and fan.
Exhaust heat from the low pressure section of a steam turbine runs through the condensing
tubes, the tubes are usually finned and ambient air is pushed through the fins with the help of

a large fan. The steam condenses to water to be reused in the water-steam cycle. Air-cooled
condensers typically operate at a higher temperature than water-cooled versions. While
saving water, the efficiency of the cycle is reduced (resulting in more carbon dioxide per
megawatt of electricity).From the bottom of the condenser, powerful condensate pumps
recycle the condensed steam (water) back to the water/steam cycle.
REHEATER
Power plant furnaces may have a reheater section containing tubes heated by hot flue
gases outside the tubes. Exhaust steam from the high pressure turbine is passed through these
heated tubes to collect more energy before driving the intermediate and then low pressure
turbines.
AIR PATH
External fans are provided to give sufficient air for combustion. The Primary air fan
takes air from the atmosphere and, first warming it in the air preheater for better combustion,
injects it via the air nozzles on the furnace wall.The induced draft fan assists the FD fan by
drawing out combustible gases from the furnace, maintaining a slightly negative pressure in
the furnace to avoid backfiring through any closing.
STEAM TURBINE GENERATOR

The turbine generator consists of a series of steam turbines interconnected to each

other and a generator on a common shaft. There is a high pressure turbine at one end,
followed by an intermediate pressure turbine, two low pressure turbines, and the generator.
As steam moves through the system and loses pressure and thermal energy it expands in
volume, requiring increasing diameter and longer blades at each succeeding stage to extract
the remaining energy. The entire rotating mass may be over 200 metric tons and 100 feet
(30 m) long. It is so heavy that it must be kept turning slowly even when shut down (at 3
rpm) so that the shaft will not bow even slightly and become unbalanced. This is so important
that it is one of only five functions of blackout emergency power batteries on site. Other
functions are emergency lighting, communication, station alarms and turbogenerator lube
oil.Superheated steam from the boiler is delivered through 1416-inch (360410 mm)
diameter piping to the high pressure turbine where it falls in pressure to 600 psi (4.1 MPa)
and to 600 F (320 C) in temperature through the stage. It exits via 2426-inch (610
660 mm) diameter cold reheat lines and passes back into the boiler where the steam is
reheated in special reheat pendant tubes back to 1,000 F (540 C). The hot reheat steam is
conducted to the intermediate pressure turbine where it falls in both temperature and pressure
and exits directly to the long-bladed low pressure turbines and finally exits to the condenser.
The generator, 30 feet (9 m) long and 12 feet (3.7 m) in diameter, contains a
stationary stator and a spinning rotor, each containing miles of heavy copper conductorno
permanent magnets here. In operation it generates up to 21,000 amperes at 24,000 volts AC
(504 MWe) as it spins at either 3,000 or 3,600 rpm, synchronized to the power grid. The rotor
spins in a sealed chamber cooled with hydrogen gas, selected because it has the highest
known heat transfer coefficient of any gas and for its low viscosity which reduces windage
losses. This system requires special handling during startup, with air in the chamber first
displaced by carbon dioxide before filling with hydrogen. This ensures that the highly
explosive hydrogenoxygen environment is not created.The power grid frequency is 60 Hz
across North America and 50 Hz in Europe, Oceania, Asia (Korea and parts of Japan are
notable exceptions) and parts of Africa. The desired frequency affects the design of large
turbines, since they are highly optimized for one particular speed.
The electricity flows to a distribution yard where transformers increase the voltage for
transmission to its destination.

The steam turbine-driven generators have auxiliary systems enabling them to work
satisfactorily and safely. The steam turbine generator being rotating equipment generally has
a heavy, large diameter shaft. The shaft therefore requires not only supports but also has to be
kept in position while running. To minimize the frictional resistance to the rotation, the shaft
has a number of bearings. The bearing shells, in which the shaft rotates, are lined with a low
friction material like Babbitt metal. Oil lubrication is provided to further reduce the friction
between shaft and bearing surface and to limit the heat generated.
STACK GAS PATH AND CLEANUP
As the combustion flue gas exits the boiler it is routed through a rotating flat basket of
metal mesh which picks up heat and returns it to incoming fresh air as the basket rotates, This
is called the air preheater. The gas exiting the boiler is laden with fly ash, which are tiny
spherical ash particles. The flue gas contains nitrogen along with combustion products carbon
dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. The fly ash is removed by fabric bag filters or
electrostatic precipitators. Once removed, the fly ash byproduct can sometimes be used in the
manufacturing of concrete. This cleaning up of flue gases, however, only occurs in plants that
are fitted with the appropriate technology. Still, the majority of coal-fired power plants in the
world do not have these facilities. Legislation in Europe has been efficient to reduce flue gas
pollution. Japan has been using flue gas cleaning technology for over 30 years and the US has
been doing the same for over 25 years. China is now beginning to grapple with the pollution
caused by coal-fired power plants.Where required by law, the sulfur and nitrogen oxide
pollutants are removed by stack gas scrubbers which use a pulverized limestone or other
alkaline wet slurry to remove those pollutants from the exit stack gas. Other devices use
catalysts to remove Nitrous Oxide compounds from the flue gas stream. The gas travelling up
the flue gas stack may by this time have dropped to about 50 C (120 F). A typical flue gas
stack may be 150180 metres (490590 ft) tall to disperse the remaining flue gas components
in the atmosphere. The tallest flue gas stack in the world is 419.7 metres (1,377 ft) tall at the
GRES-2 power plant in Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan.In the United States and a number of other
countries, atmospheric dispersion modeling studies are required to determine the flue gas
stack height needed to comply with the local air pollution regulations. The United States also
requires the height of a flue gas stack to comply with what is known as the "Good
Engineering Practice (GEP)" stack height. In the case of existing flue gas stacks that exceed

the GEP stack height, any air pollution dispersion modeling studies for such stacks must use
the GEP stack height rather than the actual stack height.
FLY ASH COLLECTION
Fly ash is captured and removed from the flue gas by electrostatic precipitators or
fabric bag filters (or sometimes both) located at the outlet of the furnace and before the
induced draft fan. The fly ash is periodically removed from the collection hoppers below the
precipitators or bag filters. Generally, the fly ash is pneumatically transported to storage silos
for subsequent transport by trucks or railroad cars .
BOTTOM ASH COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
At the bottom of the furnace, there is a hopper for collection of bottom ash. This
hopper is always filled with water to quench the ash and clinkers falling down from the
furnace. Some arrangement is included to crush the clinkers and for conveying the crushed
clinkers and bottom ash to a storage site. Ash extractor is used to discharge ash from
Municipal solid wastefired boilers.

AUXILIARY SYSTEMS
BOILER MAKE-UP WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND STORAGE
Since there is continuous withdrawal of steam and continuous return of condensate to
the boiler, losses due to blowdown and leakages have to be made up to maintain a desired
water level in the boiler steam drum. For this, continuous make-up water is added to the
boiler water system. Impurities in the raw water input to the plant generally consist of
calcium and magnesium salts which impart hardness to the water. Hardness in the make-up
water to the boiler will form deposits on the tube water surfaces which will lead to
overheating and failure of the tubes. Thus, the salts have to be removed from the water, and
that is done by a water demineralising treatment plant (DM). A DM plant generally consists
of cation, anion, and mixed bed exchangers. Any ions in the final water from this process

consist essentially of hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions, which recombine to form pure water.
Very pure DM water becomes highly corrosive once it absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere
because of its very high affinity for oxygen.The capacity of the DM plant is dictated by the
type and quantity of salts in the raw water input. However, some storage is essential as the
DM plant may be down for maintenance. For this purpose, a storage tank is installed from
which DM water is continuously withdrawn for boiler make-up. The storage tank for DM
water is made from materials not affected by corrosive water, such as PVC. The piping and
valves are generally of stainless steel. Sometimes, a steam blanketing arrangement or
stainless steel doughnut float is provided on top of the water in the tank to avoid contact with
air. DM water make-up is generally added at the steam space of the surface condenser (i.e.,
the vacuum side). This arrangement not only sprays the water but also DM water gets
deaerated, with the dissolved gases being removed by a de-aerator through an ejector attached
to the condenser.

FUEL PREPARATION SYSTEM

In coal-fired power stations, the raw feed coal from the coal storage area is first
crushed into small pieces and then conveyed to the coal feed hoppers at the boilers. The coal
is next pulverized into a very fine powder. The pulverizers may be ball mills, rotating drum
grinders, or other types of grinders.Some power stations burn fuel oil rather than coal. The oil
must kept warm (above its pour point) in the fuel oil storage tanks to prevent the oil from
congealing and becoming unpumpable. The oil is usually heated to about 100 C before being
pumped through the furnace fuel oil spray nozzles.
Boilers in some power stations use processed natural gas as their main fuel. Other
power stations may use processed natural gas as auxiliary fuel in the event that their main

fuel supply (coal or oil) is interrupted. In such cases, separate gas burners are provided on the
boiler furnaces.
BARRING GEAR
Barring gear (or "turning gear") is the mechanism provided to rotate the turbine
generator shaft at a very low speed after unit stoppages. Once the unit is "tripped" (i.e., the
steam inlet valve is closed), the turbine coasts down towards standstill. When it stops
completely, there is a tendency for the turbine shaft to deflect or bend if allowed to remain in
one position too long. This is because the heat inside the turbine casing tends to concentrate
in the top half of the casing, making the top half portion of the shaft hotter than the bottom
half. The shaft therefore could warp or bend by millionths of inches.This small shaft
deflection, only detectable by eccentricity meters, would be enough to cause damaging
vibrations to the entire steam turbine generator unit when it is restarted. The shaft is therefore
automatically turned at low speed (about one percent rated speed) by the barring gear until it
has cooled sufficiently to permit a complete stop.
OIL SYSTEM
An auxiliary oil system pump is used to supply oil at the start-up of the steam turbine
generator. It supplies the hydraulic oil system required for steam turbine's main inlet steam
stop valve, the governing control valves, the bearing and seal oil systems, the relevant
hydraulic relays and other mechanisms.At a preset speed of the turbine during start-ups, a
pump driven by the turbine main shaft takes over the functions of the auxiliary system.
GENERATOR COOLING
While small generators may be cooled by air drawn through filters at the inlet, larger
units generally require special cooling arrangements. Hydrogen gas cooling, in an oil-sealed
casing, is used because it has the highest known heat transfer coefficient of any gas and for its
low viscosity which reduces windage losses. This system requires special handling during
start-up, with air in the generator enclosure first displaced by carbon dioxide before filling
with hydrogen. This ensures that the highly flammable hydrogen does not mix with oxygen in
the air.

The hydrogen pressure inside the casing is maintained slightly higher than
atmospheric pressure to avoid outside air ingress. The hydrogen must be sealed against
outward leakage where the shaft emerges from the casing. Seal oil is used to prevent the
hydrogen gas leakage to atmosphere.The generator also uses water cooling. Since the
generator coils are at a potential of about 22 kV, an insulating barrier such as Teflon is used
to interconnect the water line and the generator high-voltage windings. Demineralized water
of low conductivity is used.

GENERATOR HIGH-VOLTAGE SYSTEM

The generator voltage for modern utility-connected generators ranges from 11 kV in
smaller units to 22 kV in larger units. The generator high-voltage leads are normally large
aluminium channels because of their high current as compared to the cables used in smaller
machines. They are enclosed in well-grounded aluminium bus ducts and are supported on
suitable insulators. The generator high-voltage leads are connected to step-up transformers
for connecting to a high-voltage electrical substation (usually in the range of 115 kV to 765
kV) for further transmission by the local power grid.The necessary protection and metering
devices are included for the high-voltage leads. Thus, the steam turbine generator and the
transformer form one unit. Smaller units may share a common generator step-up transformer
with individual circuit breakers to connect the generators to a common bus.
MONITORING AND ALARM SYSTEM
Most of the power plant operational controls are automatic. However, at times,
manual intervention may be required. Thus, the plant is provided with monitors and alarm
systems that alert the plant operators when certain operating parameters are seriously
deviating from their normal range.
BATTERY-SUPPLIED EMERGENCY LIGHTING AND COMMUNICATION
A central battery system consisting of lead acid cell units is provided to supply
emergency electric power, when needed, to essential items such as the power plant's control

systems, communication systems, turbine lube oil pumps, and emergency lighting. This is
essential for a safe, damage-free shutdown of the units in an emergency situation.
TRANSPORT OF COAL FUEL TO SITE AND TO STORAGE
Main article: Fossil fuel power plant
Most thermal stations use coal as the main fuel. Raw coal is transported from coal
mines to a power station site by trucks, barges, bulk cargo ships or railway cars. Generally,
when shipped by railways, the coal cars are sent as a full train of cars. The coal received at
site may be of different sizes. The railway cars are unloaded at site by rotary dumpers or side
tilt dumpers to tip over onto conveyor belts below. The coal is generally conveyed to crushers
which crush the coal to about 34 inch (19 mm) size. The crushed coal is then sent by belt
conveyors to a storage pile. Normally, the crushed coal is compacted by bulldozers, as
compacting of highly volatile coal avoids spontaneous ignition.The crushed coal is conveyed
from the storage pile to silos or hoppers at the boilers by another belt conveyor system.
LOCATION OF POWER PLANTS IN INDIA
Thermal power is the "largest" source of power in India. There are different types of
Thermal power plants based on the fuel used to generate the steam such as coal, gas, Diesel
etc. About 75% of electricity consumed in India are generated by thermal power plants.

More than 51% of India's commercial energy demand is met through the country's
vast coal reserves. Public sector undertaking NTPC and several other state level power
generating companies are engaged in operating coal based Thermal Power Plants. Apart from
NTPC and other state level operators, some private companies are also operating the power
plants. Here is some list of currently operating coal based thermal power plants in India. As
on July 31, 2010, and as per the Central Electricity Authority the total installed capacity of

Coal or Nuclear power is the fourth-largest source of electricity in India after thermal, hydro
and wind power.

Installe

Power station

Opera Locat
tor

ion

District

State

Region

Reactor
(MW)units

capacity
(MW)

Narora Atomic

NPCI

Naror

Buland

Uttar

Norther

PowerStation

shahr

Pradesh

NPCI

Rawa

Chittor

tbhata

garh

NPCI

Tarap

ur

NPCI

Kakra

par

Rajasthan
AtomicPowerSta
tion
Tarapur
AtomicPowerSta
tion
Kakrapar
Atomic Power
Station
Kudankulam
Nuclear Power
Plant
Madras Atomic

NPCI
L

Kuda
nkula
m

BHAV Kalpa

Thane

Surat

Tirunel
veli

Kanche

Power Station

INI

kkam

epuram

Kaiga Nuclear

NPCI

Kaiga

Uttara
Kannad

Rajasthan

Maharasht
ra

Gujarat

Tamilnadu

Tamilnadu

Karnataka

Norther
n

Western

Western

Souther
n

Souther
n

Souther

220 x 2

440

(100 x 1,
200 x 1,

1180

220 x 4)

160 x 2,
540 x 2

1,400

220 x 2

440

1000 x 2

500 x 1

220 x 4

660

Power Plant

Madras Atomic

NPCI

Kalpa

Kanche

Tamil

Souther

Power Station

kkam

epuram

Nadu

220 x 2

440

Thermal Power
Thermal power is the largest source of power in India.There are different types of
Thermal power plants based on the fuel used to generate the steam such as coal, gas, Diesel
etc. About 75% of electricity consumed in india are generated by Thermal power plants.
Coal or Lignite Based
More than 50% of indias commercial energy demand is met through the countrys
vast coal reserves. Public sector undertaking National Thermal Power Corporation and
several other state level power generating companies are engaged in operating coal based
Thermal Power Plants.Apart from NTPC and other state level operators, some private
companies are also operating the power plants. Here is some list of currently operating Coal
based Thermal power plants in India. As on July 31, 2010, and as per the Central Electricity
Authority the total installed capacity of Coal or Lignite based power plants in india are
87093.38 MW.

Power
station

Re
Operator

Location

District

State

Rajghat
Power

ndhu

Installed

wise

Capacit

Capacit

(MW)

Nor
IPGCL

Delhi

Delhi

NCT Delhi

Station
Deenba

gio

Unit

ther

2 x 67.5

135.00

2 x 300

600.00

HPGCL

Yamunan

Yamunana

agar

gar

Haryana

Nor
ther

Chhotu

Ram
Thermal
Power
Station
Panipat
Thermal
Power

Nor
HPGCL

Assan

Panipat

Haryana

ther

4 x 110

440.00

Station I
Panipat
Thermal
Power

Nor
HPGCL

Assan

Panipat

Haryana

Station

ther
n

2 x 210,
2 x 250

920.00

II
Faridab
ad
Thermal

Nor
HPGCL

Faridabad

Faridabad

Haryana

Power

ther

1 x 55

55.00

1 x 600

600.00

4 x 110

440.00

Station
Rajiv
Gandhi
Thermal

Nor
HPGCL

Khedar

Hisar

Haryana

Power

ther
n

Station
Guru
Nanak

Nor
PSPCL

Bathinda

Bathinda

Punjab

dev TP
Guru
Hargobi

ther
n

PSPCL

Lehra
Mohabbat

Bathinda

Punjab

Nor

2 x 210,

ther

2 x 250

920.00

nd TP

Guru
Gobind
Singh
Super

Nor
PSPCL

Ghanauli

Rupnagar

Punjab

Thermal

ther

6 x 210

1260.00

6 x 250

1500.00

Power
Plant
Suratgar
h Super
Thermal

Sri
RVUNL

Suratgarh

Power

Ganganag

Nor
Rajasthan

ar

ther
n

Plant
Kota
Super
Thermal

RVUNL

Kota

Kota

Power

Rajastha
n

Nor
ther
n

2 x 110, 3 x
210, 2 x 195

1240.00

Plant
Giral
Lignite
Power

RVUNL

Thumbli

Barmer

Rajastha
n

Plant
Chhabra
Therma
Power

RVUNL

Mothipur
a

Baran

Rajastha
n

lant

Nor
ther

2 x 125

250.00

2 x 250

500.00

Nor
ther
n

X40,
Orba
Thermal

UPRVUN

Obra

Sonebhadra

Uttar

Nor
ther

3 x 94, 5 x 200 1,322.00

Power

Pradesh

Anpara

UPRVUN

Uttar

Thermal

Station

Anpara

Sonebhadra

Pradesh

Nor
ther

3 x 210, 2 x

500

1630.00

Panki
Thermal

UPRVUN

Power

Panki

Kanpur

Parichha

Jhansi

Uttar
Pradesh

Northern

2 x 105

210.00

Station
Parichh
a
Thermal
Power

UPRVUN
L

Uttar
Pradesh

Northern

2 x 110,
2 x 210

640.00

Station
Hardua
ganj
Thermal
Power

UPRVUN

Harduaga

nj

NTPC

Badarpur

Aligarh

Uttar
Pradesh

1 x 55, 1
Northern

x 60, 1 x

220.00

105

Station
Badarpu
r
Thermal

New Delhi

power

NCT
Delhi

Northern

3 x 95, 2
x 210

705.00

plant
Singraul
i Super
Thermal
Power
Station

NTPC

Shaktinag
ar

Sonebhadra

Uttar
Pradesh

Northern

5 x 200,
2 x 500

2000.00

Barsing
sar
Lignite

NLC

Power

Barsingsa
r

Bikaner

Rajasthan

Northern

1 x 125

125.00

Northern

4 x 500

2000.00

Plant
Rihand
Thermal
Power

NTPC

Rihand
Nagar

Sonebhadra

Uttar
Pradesh

Station
Nationa
l
Capital
Thermal

NTPC

Vidyutna

Gautam

Uttar

gar

Budh Nagar

Pradesh

Northern

4 x 210,
2 x 490

1820.00

Power
Plant
Feroj
Gandhi
Unchah
ar

NTPC

Uttar

Unchahar

Raebareli

Vidyutna

Ambedkar

Uttar

gar

Nagar

Pradesh

Barmer

Barmer

Rajasthan

Northern
5 x 210

1050.00

Northern

4 x 110

440.00

Northern

1 x 135

135.00

Pradesh

Thermal
Tanda
Thermal
Power

NTPC

Plant
Raj
west
Lignite
Power
Plant

JSW

VS
Lignite
Power

KSK

Gurha

Reliance

Rosa

Bikaner

Rajasthan

Shahjahanpu

Uttar

Pradesh

Northern

1 x 125

125.00

Northern

2 x 300

600.00

Plant
Rosa
Thermal
Power
Plant
Stage I

Northern
Ukai
Thermal
Power

GSECL

Gujarat

Western

200, 1

Ukai dam

Tapi

Gandhinaga

Gandhinag

ar

GSECL

Wanakbori

Kheda

Gujarat

Western

7 x 210

1470

GSECL

Jamnagar

Jamnagar

Gujarat

Western

2 x 120

240

x 210

850

Station
Gandhin
agar
Thermal

GSECL

Power

2x
Gujarat

Western

120, 3

870

x 210

Station
Wanakb
ori
Thermal
Power
Station
Sikka

Thermal
Power
Station
Dhuvara
n
Thermal

GSECL

Khambhat

Anand

Gujarat

Western

2 x 110

220

GSECL

Panandhro

Kutch

Gujarat

Western

GIPCL

Nani Naroli

Surat

Gujarat

Western

4 x 125

500

GMDC

Chher Nani

Kutch

Gujarat

Western

2 x 125

250

Power
Station
Kutch
Thermal
Power

2 x 70,
2 x 75

290

Station
Surat
Thermal
Power
Station
Akrimot
a
Thermal
Power
Station
Satpura
Thermal
Power

5x
MPPGCL

Sarni

Betul

Madhya
Pradesh

Western

Station

Thermal
Power

x 200,

1017.5

3 x 210

Sanjay
Gandhi

37.5, 1

MPPGCL

Birsinghpur

Umaria

Madhya
Pradesh

4x
Western

210, 1
x 500

1340

Station
Amarka
ntak
Thermal

MPPGCL

Chachai

Anuppur

Power

Madhya
Pradesh

2x
Western

120, 1

450

x 210

Station
Korba
East
Thermal

CSPGCL

Korba

CSPGCL

Korba

CSPGCL

Korba

Power

Chattisg
arh

Western

4 x 50,
2 x 120

440

Plant
Dr
Shyama
Prasad
Mukharj
ee

Chattisg
arh

Western

2 x 250

500

Western

4 x 210

840

Thermal
Power
Plant
Korba
West
Hasdeo
Thermal

Chattisg
arh

Power
Plant
Koradi

4x

Thermal

MAHAG

Power

ENCO

Station

Koradi

Nagpur

Maharas
tra

Western

105, 1
x 200,
2 x 210

1040

Nashik
Thermal

MAHAG

Power

ENCO

Nashik

Nashik

Maharas
tra

2x
Western

125, 3

880

x 210

Station
Bhusaw
al
Thermal
Power

MAHAG
ENCO

Deepnagar

Jalgaon

Vidyutnagar

Akola

Maharas
tra

Western

1 x 50,
2 x 210

470

Station
Paras
Thermal

MAHAG

Power

ENCO

Maharas
tra

Western

1 x 55,
2 x 250

555

Station
Parli

2 x 20,

Thermal

MAHAG

Parli-

Power

ENCO

Vaijnath

Beed

Maharas
tra

Western

Station

3x
210, 2

1170

x 250

Kaparkh
eda
Thermal
Power

MAHAG
ENCO

Kaparkheda

Nagpur

Maharas
tra

Western

4 x 210

840

Station
Chandra
pur
Super

MAHAG

Thermal

ENCO

Chandrapur

Chandrapur

Maharas
tra

4x
Western

210, 3

2340

x 500

Power
Station
Vindhya

NTPC

Vidhya

Sidhi

Madhya

Western

6x

3260

chal

Nagar

Pradesh

210, 4

Super

x 500

Thermal
Power
Station
Korba
Super
Thermal

NTPC

Jamani Palli

Korba

Power

Chattisg
arh

3x
Western

200, 3

2100

x 500

Plant
Sipat
Thermal
Power

NTPC

Sipat

Bilaspur

Bhilai

Durg

Chattisg
arh

Western

2 x 500

1000

Western

2 x 250

500

Plant
Bhilai
Expansi
on
Power

NTPCSAIL(JV)

Chattisg
arh

Plant
Sabarma

1 x 60,

ti
Thermal

Torrent

Power

Ahamadaba

Gujarat

Western

1x
120, 2

400

x 110

Station
Mundra
Thermal
Power

Adani

Mundra

Kutch

Gujarat

Western

2 x 330

660

jindal

Tamnar

Raigarh

Chattisg

Western

4 x 250

1000

Station
Jindal

Megha

arh

Power
Plant
Lanco
Amarka
ntak

Lanco

Pathadi

Korba

Power

Chattisg
arh

Western

2 x 300

600

Plant
Tromba

1x

y
Thermal

Tata

Trombay

Mumbai

Power

Maharas
tra

Western

150, 2
x 500,

1400

1 x 250

Station
Dahanu
Thermal
Power

Reliance

Dahanu

Thane

KSK

Warora

Chandrapur

Maharas
tra

Western

2 x 250

500

Western

1 x 135

135

Station
Wardha
Warora
Power

Maharas
tra

Station

Gas or Liquid Fuel Based

As on July 31, 2010, and as per the Central Electricity Authority the total installed capacity of
Gas based power plants in india is 17,353.85 MW. This accounts for 10% of the total
installed capacity.GAIL is the main source of fuel for most of these plants. Here is some list
of presently operating plants.

Power

Operator

Location

District

State

Sector

station

Unit

Install

wise

ed

Capacity Capac
ity
(MW)
IPGCL

IPGCL

New Delhi

NCT Delhi State

9 x 30

270.00

PPCL

New Delhi

NCT Delhi State

2x

330.40

Gas
Turbine
Power
Station
Pragati
Gas

104.6, 1

Power

x 121.2

Station
Pampore

J&K Govt

Pampore

Pulwama

Gas

Jammu &

State

3 x 25

75.00

State

4 x 25

100.00

State

1 x 3, 1 x 113.80

Kashmir

Turbine
Station I
Pampore

J&K Govt

Pampore

Pulwama

Gas

Jammu &
Kashmir

Turbine
Station II
Ramgarh

RVUNL

Ramgarh

Rajasthan

Gas

35.5, 1 x

Thermal

37.5, 1 x

Power

37.8

Station
Dholpur
Combined

RVUNL

Purani
Chaoni

Dholpur

Rajasthan

State

3 x 110

330.00

Cycle
Power
Station
Anta

NTPC

Anta

Baran

Rajasthan

Central 3 x 88, 1

Thermal

413.00

x 149

Power
Station
Auraiya

NTPC

Thermal

Dibiyapu

Auraiya

Uttar

Central 4 x 110,

Pradesh

2 x 106

Haryana

Central 2 x 143,

652.00

Power
Station
Faridabad

NTPC

Mujedi

Faridabad

Thermal

430.00

1 x 144

Power
Plant
National

NTPC

Capital

Vidyutna

Gautam

Uttar

gar

Budh Nagar

Pradesh

Central 4 x 131,

817.00

2 x 146.5

TPP

Northern
Dhuvaran

GSECL

Gas

Khambha Anand

Gujarat

State

1x

106.62

67.85, 1

Based

x 38.77

CCPP-I
Dhuvaran
Gas
Based
CCPP-II

GSECL

Khambha Anand
t

Gujarat

State

1x
72.51, 1
x 39.94

112.45

Utran Gas

GSECL

Utran

Surat

Gujarat

State

3 x 30, 1

Based

x 45, 1 x

CCPP

228

Vadodara

GIPCL

Vadodara Vadodara

Gujarat

State

Gas

3 x 32, 1

363.00

145.00

x 49

Based
CCPP-I
Vadodara

GIPCL

Vadodara Vadodara

Gujarat

State

Gas

1 x 111,

165.00

1 x 54

Based
CCPP-II
Uran Gas

Mahagenco Bokadvir

Turbine

Raigarh

Maharastra State

4 x 60, 4

912.00

x 108, 2

Power

x 120

Station
Kawas

NTPC

TPS
Jhanor-

Adityana

Surat

Gujarat

Central 4 x 106,

gar
NTPC

Gandhar

Urjanaga

645.00

2 x 110.5
Bharuch

Gujarat

Central 3 x 131,

648.00

1 x 255

TPS
Goa Gas

RSPCL

Power

Zuarinag

Goa

Goa

Private

ar

1 x 32, 1

48.00

x 16

Station
Vatva
Combined
Cycle
Power
Plant

Torrent

Vatva

Ahamadabad Gujarat

Private

2 x 32.5,
1 x 35

100.00

SUGEN

Torrent

Combined

Akhakho

Surat

Gujarat

Private

3 x 382.5 1147.5

Cycle
Power
Plant
Essar

Essar

Hazira

Surat

Gujarat

Private

Combined

3 x 110,

515.00

1 x 185

Cycle
Power
Plant
GSEG

GSEG

Hazira

Surat

Gujarat

Private

3 x 52

156.00

GPEC

Paguthan

Bharuch

Gujarat

Private

3 x 135,

655.00

Combined
Cycle
Power
Plant
GPEC
Combined

1 x 250

Cycle
Power
Plant
Trombay

Tata

Gas

Trombay

Mumbai

Maharastra Private

1 x 120,

180.00

1 x 60

Power
Station

Diesel Based
As on July 31, 2010, and as per the Central Electricity Authority the total installed capacity of
Diesel based power plants in india is 1,199.75 MW.[4]. Normally the diesel based power

plants are either operated from remote locations or operated to cater peak load demands. Here
is some list of presently operating plants.

Power

Operator Location

State

station

Reactor

Installed

Under

(MW)units Capacity construction

Ambala

Haryana

Diesel Power

Govt

Haryana

Northern

(MW)

(MW)

1 x 2.18,

3.92

1 x 0.34,

Station

1 x .4, 1
x1

Keylong

HP Govt

Himachal

Diesel Power

Northern

1 x 0.13

0.13

Northern

1x5

5.00

Northern

1 x 0.06

0.06

Northern

1 x 2.18

2.18

Northern

1 x 1.7

1.70

12.99

Southern

6 x 21.32 127.92

Pradesh

Station
Bemina

J&K

Jammu &

Diesel Power

Govt

Kashmir

Station
Kamah Diesel J&K

Jammu &

Power Station Govt

Kashmir

Leh Diesel

Jammu &

J&K

Power Station Govt

Kashmir

Upper Sindh

J&K

Jammu &

Diesel Power

Govt

Kashmir

Station
Northern
Yelahanka
Diesel Power
Station

KPCL

Yelahanka

Karnataka

Brahmapuram KSEB

Brahmapuram Kerala

Southern

5 x 21.32 106.60

Kozhikode

Southern

8 x 16.00 128.00

19

Diesel Power
Station
Kozhikode

KSEB

Kerala

Diesel Power
Station
Southern
Gangtok

Sikkim

Diesel Power

Govt

362.52

Gangtok

Sikkim

Eastern

4.00

Ranipool

Sikkim

Southern

1.00

5.00

Islands

20

Islands

20.00

Total

12

Station
Ranipool

Sikkim

Diesel Power

Govt

Station
Eastern
Suryachakra

SPCL

A&N

Andaman

Diesel Power

&

Station

Nicobar

27

400.51

POWER PLANTS IN RAJASTHAN

1 KOTA THERMAL POWER PLANT
kota Super Thermal Power Station is the first coal based Electricity Generating Power Plant

in Rajasthan. At present the total installed capacity of KSTPS is 1240MW.

Kota Super Thermal Power Station is located on the left bank of river Chambal in
Rajasthans principal industrial city Kota. Infrastructural facilities like adequate water
availability in Kota Barrage throughout the year.
SANCTION OF SCHEMES (STAGE-I to V)
Kota Super Thermal Power Station is located on the left bank of river Chambal in
Rajasthans principal industrial city Kota. Infrastructural facilities like adequate water
availability in Kota Barrage throughout the year.
Stage Unit No. Capacity(MW) Synchronising Date Cost(Rs.Crore)
I

110

17.1.1983

110

13.7.1983

210

25.9.1988

210

1.5.1989

III

210

26.3.1994

480

IV

195

31.7.2003

635

II

143

480

(1) Location
(2) Installed Capacity

195

30.5 2009

880

KOTA(RAJASTHAN)
1240MW

(3) Land Details

(a) Plant Area

204 Hectare

(b) Ash Dump Area

423 Hectare

(4) Cooling Water

(a)

(b)

Source Of Cooling
Water

Kota Barrage (Chambal River)

Method Of
Cooling:

i) Unit # 1 to 5

Once through Cooling System(Open Cycle)-1180 Cusecs

Re-circulating through Cooling Tower - 18 Cusecs (Including

i) Unit # 6 to 7

Consumptive use)

(5) Coal
(a) Type
(b) Linked Coal Mines
(c) Average Ash

Bituminous Coal
SECL (Korea-Rewa & Korba) & NCL (Singrauli)
28-32%

Content
(6) Fuel Oil
(a) Type

(b)

Furnace Oil / HSD

Available Storage

HSD - 3100 KL & FO - 18600 KL

Capacity

(7) Steam Generator

M/s. BHEL make

(8) Turbo Generator

M/s. BHEL make

(9)

(a)

Coal Handling
Plant
Stock Yard

5,00,000 MT

Capacity

(b) Wagon Tipplers

5 Nos.

(c) Coal Crushers

10 Nos

(d) Conveyor System

1.595 Kms

Transmission

Power evacuation through 9 Nos. 220 KV outgoing feeders.

Lines

Further 2 Nos. of new 220 KV feeders are under construction

(10)

RECORDS OF EXCELLENCE :
Kota Super Thermal Power Station is reckoned as one of the best, efficient and prestigious
power station of the country. KSTPS has established a record of excellence and has earned
meritorious productivity awards from the Ministry of Power, Govt. of India during 1984,
1987, 1989, 1991 and every year since 1992-93 onwards.

KSTPS has earned golden shield award from Union Ministry of Power for Consistent
outstanding performance during 2000-01 to 2003-04. The Golden Shield was presented by
Honble President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on 24.8.04.
KSTPS has achieved the distinction of about 100% fly ash utilization during the year 201011. An all time high generation level of 9891 MU at an annual PLF of 91.06% was achieved
during 2010-11. The achievements made by KTPS during 2010-11 are as under:record achievements : 2010-11
total station generation

_ 9891 mu(highest since commissioning)

plant load factor

_ 91.06 %

station availability

_ 94.23 %

no. of forced outages

_ 6 nos.(lowest since commissioning)

sp. oil consumption

_ 0.24 ml/kwh(lowest since commissioning)

sp. oil consumption

_ 0.76 ml/kwh(lowest since commissioning)

dry fly ash utilisation

_ 99.40%(highest since commissioning)

boiler tube leakage unit

_ nil (during yr. 2010-11)

continuous run 210 mw unit # 4 _ 100 days (dt. 16.02.10 to 26.05.10)

station generation (in a day)

_ 30.895 mu(highest in a day on 13.03.11)

Special Achievements current year 2010-11

Continuous
run
Unit-2

Capicity

From

To

110MW

13.18 hrs

01:58 hrs

No. of

No of

Hrs

days

3205

134

dt26.01.11

Unit-6

195MW 17:05 hrs dt30.1.11

Unit-4

210MW

07:18 hrs dt
17.2.11

dt.09.6.11
03:19 hrs
dt18.05.11

Contd.

2578

107

2849

119(+)

Further, it is worthwhile to mention that KTPS managed efficient unloading of coal rakes
within the duration as prescribed by the Railways and there by achieved unloading of about
155 coal rakes without any demurrage charges since 19th April 2010. Though KTPS Units 1
to 4 are very old (110 MW Unit No. 1 & 2 being 27 years old & 210 MW Units No. 3 & 4
being 21 years old), the station performance is consistently well above the National average
as depicted in the operational parameters for last 5 years as under:-

YEA GEN(M PLF(%

R

20052006
20062007
20072008
20082009
20092010
2010-

U)

8294

SPCFC. OIL

AUX.

AVAIL.

FLY ASH

CONSUMP.(ml/kw CONSUMP( FACTO UTILIZATIO

h)

%)

R (%)

N (%)

90.60

0.48

9.27

91.51

79.45

8163

89.17

0.57

9.36

89.86

88.51

8395

91.46

0.50

9.37

94.27

98.12

8674

94.76

0.43

9.37

95.34

99.14

8584

89.65

0.70

9.54

90.41

9891

91.06

0.52

9.67

94.23

97.31

2011
2011- 10084.77
2012

92.59

0.47

9.59

93.95

97.31

ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE :
adequate measures have been taken at ktps to control pollution and comply to the norms
laid by environment protection act. 1986. being a power station, located in the heart of kota
city, continuous efforts are made to ensure atmospheric emission of suspended particulate
matter within the prescribed limits.
180 meter high stacks have been provided to release flue gases into the atmosphere at an
approx. velocity of 25 m/sec. so as to disperse the emitted particulate matter over a wide
spread area.
the on-line stack spm monitoring system of codel Germany has been installed as per
requirement of central pollution control board.
microprocessor based intelligent controllers to optimize the esp of 99.82% efficiency have
been provided. esps of 110 mw units # 1 & 2 were augmented under r&m scheme with
installation of 7 additional field to enhance efficiency upto 99.82%. dummy fields provided
in esp of 210 mw units # 3 & 4 were also filled in with installation of 7th field as such the
efficiency has increased up to 99.84%.
adequate water spraying arrangements have been provided at coal unloading, transfer and
conveying system to arrest and restrict fugitive emission. the system is now further upgraded
with latest technology.
development of green belt, about 3 lakhs plants of various species have already been
planted in kstps and ash dyke. the survival rate of plants is watched periodically.
*existing green cover area within plant - 90 hect.
*existing green cover area within ash dyke - 100 hect.

 regular monitoring of stack emission, ambient air quality and trade effluent is carried out.
all the drains in the esp area and boiler area have been diverted to dedicated tanks and the
effluent collected is utilized for transportation of bottom ash disposal of the various units.
ASH UTILIZATION
FLY ASH :
In compliance to Govt. of India Gazette Notification issued on 14th Sept. 1999 for making
available ash free of cost ,KSTPS has achieved 100% Dry Fly ash utilization. KSTPS signed
agreements for dedicated generating units allocations including Construction & Operation of
complete dry fly ash evacuation system from each unit in two phases i.e. from ESP to
Intermediate Silo and Intermediate Silo to Main Supply Silo near KSTPS boundary with
following cement manufacturing companies Unit # 1&2 - M/s. Associated Cement Co. Ltd.
Unit # 3 - M/s. Birla Cement Works Ltd.
Unit # 4 - M/s. Grasim Industries Ltd.
Unit # 5 - M/s. Grasim Industries Ltd
Unit # 6 - M/s. Shree Cement Ltd.
Unit # 7(50% each) - M/s. Grasim Industries & M/s. Shree Cement Ltd.
POND ASH :
Concerted efforts have been made towards utilization of disposed fly & bottom ash
accumulated in KSTPS ash dykes. The ash is provided free of cost and has been utilized by
various small entrepreneurs i.e. Brick-kiln industries, small fly ash product industries,
Cement manufacturing Industries and for land filling by National Highway Authority of
India in construction of NH-12 and NH-76.

2 SURATGARH SUPER THERMAL POWER STATION

suratgarh thermal power station is the first super thermal plant of rajasthan.

it has installed capacity of 1500 mw, which is highest in the state.

LOCATION
suratgarh super thermal power station is located 27 km from suratgarh -15 km from suratgarh
to biradhwal on nh15,then 12km in east from nh15.it is having extreme hot & cold climate
and temperature varies between -1 to 50 c

SANCTION OF SCHEMES (STAGE-I to V)

Stage

Unit No.

Capacity(MW) Cost(Rs.Crore)

I & II

2x250

2300

II

III & IV

2X250

2057

III

1X250

753

IV

VI

1X250

1117

TOTAL

6227

COMMISSIONING TARGETS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

UNITS ZERO TARGET ACTUAL DATE

DATE OF

Remarks

DATE

DATE

OF

COMMERCIAL

COAL

OPERATION

FIRING
UNIT1
UNIT2

Jun-91

MAR1997

Jun-91 SEP-2000

UNIT-

23-

MAR-

Jun-99

2002

UNIT-

23-

Jun-99

UNIT- 1-Feb-

SEP-2002

JUN-2003

10-MAY- 04-OCT1998

1998

28-MAR- 07-JUN2000

2000

29-OCT- 08-DEC2001

2001

25-MAR- 17-JUN2002

2002

30-JUN- 30-JUN-

01

2003

UNIT-

15-

OCT-

31-MAR-

Jun-06

2008

2009

2003

01-FEB-1999
COMMISSIONED 6
01-OCT-2000

MONTH AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE
COMMISSIONED 6

15-JAN-2002

MONTH AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE
COMMISSIONED 6

31-JUL-2002

MONTH AHEAD OF
SCHEDULE
COMMISSIONED IN

19-AUG-2003

RECORD TIME OF
29 MONTH

24AUG-

30-DEC-2009

2009

ACHIEV
2.Fly Ash Utilisation
sstps has achieved almost 100% fly ash utilization in 2010-11. working more efficiently
auxiliary power consumption has been reduced from 9.16% in 2009-10 to 9.12% in 2010-11.
we have also managed to reduce demurrage hours for unloading of coal rakes by remarkable
81% in 2010-11 from 2009-10. in 2009-10 number of demurrage hours were 3787 while for

2010-11 it has been reduced to just 708 hours.

3.Mini-Micro Hydel Plant
for financial year 2010-11 there is an increase of 206 % in total generation by mini/micro
hydroelectric plants (under sstps) from last year 2009-10. generation for 2010-11 is 67.89
lakh units while generation for 2009-10 was 22.18 lakh units.
4.CSR
under corporate social responsibility , bus facility has been started from sstps township to
nearby villages ,enabling village children to have quality education in kendriya vidyalaya and
dav school situated in sstps township

PERFORMANCE INDICES AT A GLANCE

Total
Year

Generation
(MU)

20012002
20022003
20032004
20042005
2005-

PLF
(%)

Sp. Oil

Sp. Coal

Station Heat

Aux.

Cons.

Cons.

Rate

Cons. (ml/Kwh) (Kg/Kwh) (Kcal/Kwh)

Fly Ash
Utilisation

4112.540 85.04 9.31

1.56

0.607

2505

0.97

7145.676 88.94 9.18

1.07

0.614

2576

2.34

8186.633 80.74 9.37

0.98

0.607

2429

12.62

9362.319 85.50 9.30

0.83

0.635

2444

16.16

9951.223 90.88 9.15

0.64

0.613

2478

40.37

2006
20062007
20072008
20082009
20092010
20102011
20112012
20122013

10205.589 93.20 9.16

0.53

0.624

2469

63.26

10222.515 93.10 9.12

0.59

0.634

2491

81.55

9740.606 88.96 9.19

0.77

0.669

2499

87.50

9192.409 79.94 9.16

1.02

0.669

2476

88.74

9409.777 71.61 9.12

1.340

0.665

2493

96.53

9735.59

81.61 8.79

0.85

0.65

2502

91.38

10570.321 80.44 9.05

1.06

STATION PERFORMANCE
HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS (2010-11)
ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES
1. 100 % ash utilization has been achieved in 2010-11 resulting in considerable reduction in
raw water consumption required for disposal of ash.
2. disposal of fly ash is ensured through closed containers only
3. green belt development is being done as per action plan to achieve 33% cover.

energy conservation measures

switching of cooling tower fans & reduction of raw water consumption through utilization of
waste water for fly ash preparation and green belt development.
strengthening of power evacuation system
commissioning of 400 kv stps-bikaner & 220 kv stps- bhadra feeders.
deployment of cisf
deployemnt of cisf for ensuring safety & security of the power station in line with the
directives of security agencies.
concrete road at rayanwali village
construction of cement concrete road at rayanwali village taken up by cement companies on
the behest of sstps authorities.
awards by g.o.i.
year
1999-2000

generation award
meritorious productivity - shield
& 3.74 lacs
meritorious productivity gold

2000-2005

shield awarded by hon'ble

president of india dr. a. p. j. abdul
kalam on 24-aug-2004
shield awarded by hon'ble prime

2005-2006

minister of india dr. manmohan

singh on 21-3-2007

expansion plans
super critical units 7& 8
(1)

proposed capicity 2x660 mw

(2)

location

suratgarh(rajasthan)

(3)

total plant area

446 hectares

(4)

project cost

rs. 7920 crores

(5)

fuel

primary fuel: coal

secondary fuel : hsd / hfo
(6)

fuel requirement

6.5 mtpa

(7)

source of water :

indra gandhi canal project

(8)

water allocation

60 cusecs

(9)

ash generated

(10)

ash pond location

2.21 mtpa on 34% ash

content coal
south west of plant about
3.0 km away

(already existing) land size : 576 hectares

(11)
(12)

twin flue stack (275 metre)

stack
nearest railway
station

biradhwal

highlights :1. administrative and financial approval accorded on 02-03-2009.

2. land acquisition completed
3. resolution of compensation related issues
4. water allocation has been made.

4 GIRAL LIGNITE THERMAL POWER PROJECT

SALIENT FEATURES
1.Plant capacity

2 X 125MW

2.Location
3

Dates of Project Approval/Allocation

:
U#1

U#2

(i)

Confirmation of Lignite supply

30.01.02

31.12.04

(ii)

Administrative approval

04.10.02

11.04.05

(iii)

Financial approval

07.07.03

11.04.05

(iv)

Appointment of consultant

16.07.03

14.10.05

(v)

Laying of foundation stone

19.07.03

04.09.03

04.09.03

(vi)

4.

Village: Thumbli At Giral,43 Km from Barmer.

Allocation of water from Indira Gandhi

canal

Statutory no objection clearances :

U#1

U#2

(i) Defence Clearance

07.05.03

31.10.05

(ii) Stack Height Clearance

07.08.03

12.04.05

(iii) Environment Clearance (MOE&F)

23.11.04

05.01.06

(i) Lignite 6000 MT per day. ii) Lime 1500 MT per

day.
5.Fuel
6.Water

* Indira Gandhi canal at Mohangarh through 600

mm & 165 km longpipeline.
* Canal Water made available at site on 8.07.06.

7.Land Cost

661.25 Bighas : Rs.41.08 Lacs

8.Project cost
Unit-I

764 Crores

Unit-II

750 Crores

9.Schedule of Commissioning

Unit#1 Commissioned on 28.02.07.

Unit#2 Commissioned on 26.12.08
Unit#1 COD on 18.10.11
Unit#2 COD on 12.03.11

Performance Indices at a Glance GLPL,Barmer.Unit-I

Parameter
Generation
(LU)
Plant Load

2006-

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12 2012-13

1.24

1800.01

4170.55

3133.61

2889.22

2619.17

0.011

16.38

38.09

28.62

26.39

07

22.24

23.92

Factor (%)
Running Hours 9:43:00 2433:50:00 5860:52:00 4580:14:00 4168:39:00
Availability
Factor (%)

0.11

27.78

66.90

52.28

47.58

Performance Indices at a Glance GLPL,Barmer.Unit-II

Parameter

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

Generation (LU)

442.51

3518.06

3076.59

2914.10

2099.81

Plant Load Factor (%)

15.36

32.13

28.10

26.54

19.18

Running Hours
Availability Factor
(%)

714:21:00 4508:34:00 4531:06:00

31.03

48.49

51.17

5CHHABRA THERMAL POWER STATION

* Chhabra Thermal Power Station is the coal based Electricity Generating Power Plant of
Rajasthan.

location
Chhabra Thermal Power Station is located at 22km from Chhabra, near village Chowki
Motipura, Tehsil Chhabra, Distt. Baran (Rajasthan).

sanction of schemes (stage-i to v)

Unit

Phase

No.

Capacity(MW) Cost(Rs.Crore)

I & II

2x250

2820

II

III & IV

2X250

2991

operational parameters
SPCFC OIL

AUX.

Year

Gen(MU)

PLF(%)

2009-2010

246.92

22.61

--

--

2010-2011

1227.28

56.04

8.37

9.78

2011-2012

1998.74

70.50

3.15

11.60

2598.86

64.88

2.213

10.75

2012-2013(Upto
Feb.13)

CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION

Project Highlights:
(1) Planned capacity 2320MW
(2) Location

Near village Chowki Motipura, Tehsil Chhabra, Baran District

Gently sloping 400M 390M
Extent of Area : About 1100 acres

(3) Site Features

Site Elevation : 400M above MS(Highest Flood level 385M)

Uninhabited Site
No major township or industries in the vicinity

Well connected to State Highway 51

Well connected to West Central Railway line (Bina-Kota
Coal from South Eastern/Northern Coal fields (Near Korba)
Calorific value : 3500K Cal/kg)
(4) Primary Fuel
Coal requirement : 2.5MTPY for 500MW
5.0MTPY for 1000MW
Source : (i) From nearby Parvati River
(5) Water

(ii) From nearby Bethali Dam

Water Requirement : 70,000 Cu.m/day (15.5MGD)

(6) Power Eqation

400kV/220kV Switchyard with Interconnecting Transformers

Liquid effluent: Zero discharge concept will be adopted.
Complete effluent water will be treated re-used.
Emission levels (Particulars, SO X, NO X): will be maintained
well within the statutory stipulations. 250M tall common

(7)

Environmental

chimney for 2 units.

Issues

Thermal Pollution: Nil

Noise Pollution levels: Will be maintained well within the
statutory stipulations
Solid Waste management: 100% utilisation of fly ash for
commercial utilization.

super critical units 5 & 6

(1) proposed capicity
(2) location

2x660 mw
near village chowki motipura, tehsil chhabra, baran
district

(3) total plant area

709 hectares

(4) project cost

rs. 7920 crores

(5) fuel

primary fuel: coal

secondary fuel : hsd / hfo

(6) fuel requirement

6.5 mtpa

(7) source of water :

lashi, parwan irrigation project

(8) water allocation

1570 mcft

(9) stack

twin flue stack (275meter)

(10)

nearest railway
station

chowki motipura

gas based units

(1) proposed capicity
(2) location

3x110 mw
near village chowki motipura, tehsil chhabra, baran
district

(3) total plant area

67 acres

(4) project cost

rs. 1320 crores

(5) fuel

primary fuel: liquefied natural gas

(6) fuel requirement

1.70 mmscmd

(7) source of water :

parwan dam

(8) water allocation

10 cusec (315 mcft)

(9) stack

70 meter

(10)

nearest railway
station

chowki motipura

HIGHLIGHTS :1. Administrative & Financial approved accorded on 02.03.2009.

2. Land Acquisition completed.

3. Water allocation has been made.

4. MOEF Clearance awaited.

6 KALISINDH THERMAL POWER PROJECT

The site of Kalisindh Thermal Power Project is located in Nimoda, Undal, Motipura,
Singharia and Devri villages of Tehsil Jhalarapatan, Distt. Jhalawar. The proposed capacity
of coal based Thermal Power Project is 1200 MW. The project site is about 12 km from
Jhalawar (Distt. Head quarter ) and NH-12 .It is 2km from state highway No.19 and 8 km
from proposed RamganjMandi - Bhopal broad gauge rail line.

The site selection committee of Central Electricity Authority has visited the

Nimoda and its adjoining villages of Jhalawar Distt. and site was found techno-economical
feasible for setting up of a Power Project. The Govt. of Raj. have included that project in 11
th five year plan. The estimated revised cost of the project is Rs.7723 Crores. M/s. TCE
Bangalore has been appointed as the technical consultant for the project. The state irrigation
department has alloted 1200 mcft water for the project from proposed Kalisindh dam. The
origin of the Kalisindh river is from northern slop of Vindya Mountains. The river enters
from MP to Rajasthan near village Binda. After flowing 145 km in Rajasthan, the Kalisindh
river merges in Chambal river near Nanera village of Distt.Kota. Its catchment area is about
7944 sq.km in Jhalawar & Kota Distt. The existing Dam is located at Bhawarasa village,
primarily for P.H.E.D. purpose is being uplifted for providing a storage of 1200mcft water
for this power project.

The GOR has allotted 842 bigha Government land and acquired 1388 bigha private khatedari
land for the thermal project .Phase-1 will be constructed on 1400 bigha land only..
EPC contract has been awarded to M/s. BGR Energy System Chennai on
dt.09.07.2008. Total project cost is Rs.7723Crores (Revised).
Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India has allotted Paras east and Kanta basin
coal blocks to RVUN in Chhatisgarh state. The RVUN has formed new company under
joined venture with M/s. Adani Enterprises for mining of coal blocks and new company
started the work. Annual coal requirement for the project is 56 Lacs TPA.

Progress Status as on 31.05.13

Unit#I
Commissioning activities for Rolling and Synchronization of this 600 MW commenced from
April2013, Steam Blowing, Turbine Box-up, Barring Gear etc. have been achieved till date.
The Rolling and Synchronization was completed on dt.30 May 2013 on oil. The erection
work of Coal Mills, Coal Handling System, Ash Handling System is in progress, the unit is
scheduled to synchronized on designated fuel i.e. Coal prior to 31st July 2013.
The Rail Linking between serving station i.e. Jhalawar City to KaTPP Plant is also in
progress for receiving of coal by rail, expected to be completed in the mid of July2013.

The water supply for the 2x600 MW Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Project is from
proposed Kalisindh Dam near village Bhanwarasi. This dam is being constructed by Water
Resources Department, GoR. The cost of the dam is being born by RRVUNL, the
construction of dam is in full swing and expected completion of dam is June2014. However
the contingency arrangement have been made by raising the height of existing anicut situated
near the Kalisindh Dam.The mechanical work of Water Conductor System i.e. Construction
of Intake Well, Erection of Pumps, Laying of Pipeline from Kalisindh Intake Well (situated
at Kalisindh Dam Site) to KaTPP plant have been completed.

Unit#II
The erection work of Boiler for this unit have been completed. The erection work of Turbine,
Generator and its auxiliaries is in advanced stage. The Turbine Box-Up, Oil Flushing, Steam
Blowing and Turbine Barring Gear is scheduled to be completed by 31.08.2013. The Rolling
and Synchronization of the unit is scheduled on 30.11.2013 on coal.
Salient Features
Project

Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Project Jhalawar

Capacity

1200 MW(2x600 MW)

Project Site

Village-Undel, Motipura, Nimoda, Singhania & Deveri of

Tehsil Jhalarapatan, Distt. Jhalawar
The project site is about 12 km from NH-12, 2km from state

Project Location

highway and 8 km from proposed RamganjMandi - Bhopal

broad gauge rail line.

Land Area

2230 Bigha/564 Hq. (1400 bigha/350 Hq. in I stage)

Water source and quantity

Dam on Kalisindh river. 3400 CuM/ Hrs.

Main Fuel- Coal from captive coal blocks (Paras east and

Fuel Source

kanta Basin in Chhatisgarh state)

Secondary Fuel- FO/HSD.
Coal-56 Lacs TPA

Quantity of Fuel (at 80% PLF)

FO/HSD-13000-14000 KL/A
Electro Static Precipitator

99.98 % Capacity

Stack Height

275 Mtr.

Estimated revised Cost

Rs.7723 Crores
Unit-I August 2013 achieved

Synchronization Date
Unit-II November 2013

SI
NO.
01

Activity
Boiler Civil

As per L-2 Actual

Sch(Unit#1) Date

Anticipated

As per L-2
Sch.(Unit#2)

Actual Anticipated

30.12.08 24.01.09

11.03.09

23.03.09

14.09.09 23.10.09

02.12.09

26.03.10

01.03.10 19.05.10

20.05.10

14.08.10

07.12.10 08.04.11

24.01.11

15.12.11

05 Boiler Light Up

12.03.11 30.12.12

07.06.11

31.08.13

06 SBO

19.05.11 26.03.13

10.08.11

30.09.13

03.04.10 27.11.10

24.06.10

25.08.11

23.06.10 20.12.10

31.08.10

25.08.11

31.03.11 31.01.13

10.06.11

28.08.13

17.05.11 25.01.13

27.07.11

25.08.13

27.05.11 03.02.13

06.08.11

31.08.13

02

03

04

07

08

19

Works Start
Boiler Erection
Start
Boiler Drum
Lifting
Boiler Hyd. Test
(non-Drainable)

Condenser
Erection Start
TG Erection
Start
TG Box Up
(Final)

11 TG Oil Flushing
11

Turbine on
Barring Gear)

12

Synchronization
(on Oil)

14.06.11 30.05.13

05.09.11

30.09.13

13 Coal Firing

19.07.11

31.07.13

10.10.11

30.11.13

14 Full Load

07.10.11

30.09.13

06.01.12

31.12.13

7 Ramgarh Gas Thermal Power Station

Ramgarh gas thermal power station is the first gas thermal power plant of Rajaisthan.(On
dated 13-11-1994)
LOCATION
Ramgarh gas thermal power plant station is situated near village Ramgarh and 60 kms away
from Jaisalmer. It is the installed capacity of 223.5 MW.

Stage

Unit No.

Capacity
(MW)

Cost
(Rs.

Synchronising
Date

Crore)

*1(Gas Turbine) 3MW*

19

----

1(Gas Turbine)

35.5

180

12.01.1996

II

2(Gas Turbine)

37.5

07.08.2002
300

III

3(Steam Turbine)

37.5

4(Gas Turbine)

110

25.04.2003
640

30.03.2013

Operational Performance of Plant

Particulars
Gross
Generation
(LU)
Plant Load
Factor (%)

2004-

2005-

2006-

2007-

2008-

2009-

2010-

2011-

2012-

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

12

13

3611.3 4356.2 4041.4 4141.1 3486.7 3539.4 3028.8 5367.9 4979.0

92

09

40

53

82

37.30% 45.00% 41.75% 42.78% 36.00% 36.57% 31.29% 55.30% 51.44%

Aux.Power
Consumption 241.28
(LU)
Gas
Consumption(
SCM)

311.66 268.17
2

551.61

333.11 279.02 161.45

6

95.796 90.245

219671 238364 240482 248875 209782 213635 183481 297151 273012

057

647

508

773

021

298

825

090

213

EXPANSION
GAS THERMAL POWER STATION STAGE III
1.
2.

Proposed
capacity
Location

160MW
Ramgarh

3. Total plant area 796 bigha,17 biswa

4.

Project cost

640 crores

5.

Fuel

GAS and HSD

6. Source of water Indra Gandhi canal

7.

Fuel required 9.5 lac. SCM per day

8 Water allocation

10.8 cusecs

The gas and steam unit are schedule to be syncronised on respect Jan. 2012 & May 2012
respectively
At present a combined gas cycle power unit of 160MW under stage III is under construction.

7 DHOLPUR COMBINED CYCLE POWER STATION

The Installed Capacity of Dholpur Combined Power Station is 330MW.
Unit
No

Capacity(MW) Cost(Rs.Crore)

GT 110

GT 110

ST 110

Synchronising Date
29.03.2007
16.06.2007

1100

27.12.2007

Location
Dholpur Combined Power Station is located in Dholpur City in eastier part of Rajasthan State
and is situated above 7Km from District HeadQuarter.

Environmental Profile
Based on Gas This Project is Compatively safe in view of environment & water pollution.70
Meter high stack has been provided to release fuel gases into the atmosphere so as to disperse
the emitted matter over a wide spread area.
Highlights
Area
Water Requirement
Fuel Requirement
Fuel Supplier

143 Bigha
20 Cuses from Chambal River
1.5 MM SC MD gas
ONGC

Fuel Transporter

GAIL

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