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COAL HANDLING
PLANT
BY
BALAMURUGAN.P
PRABHU.N
DHAYANITHI.S
Introduction
Coal is the primary fuel for
production of electricity in our
country. The importance and
magnitude of the business of coal
handling is emphasized by the fact
that more than 60% of Indias total
installed generating capacity consists
of coal fired stations.
Transportation of coal
Coal is transported from the collieries by
the various methods viz. , by rail, road,
aerial rope way or conveyor belt. After
transporting the coal from coal mines to
power station, coal is required to be fed
to the boilers or to be stored in the
storage yard and this is accomplished
with the help of a system of equipments
called coal handling plant.
Stock Yard
When coal transportation system fails
it is essential that coal should be made
available to boilers continuously so
that there may not be stoppage of
power. To meet such situation it is
necessary that sufficient stock of coal
is made at the power station so that
there may not be interruption in coal
supply to the boilers.
Classification of coal
Coal is the main fuel of a thermal
power station. Coal is classified as :
Peat.
Light
Bituminous
Anthracite
Semi-bituminous coal
Semi-bituminous coal is intermediate
between anthracite, and bituminous
coal. It has low percentage of moisture,
ash, Sulphar and volatile matter and
high percentage of available hydrogen.
It contains 10 to 20 % volatile matter
and 2 to 4 % oxygen.
For 300 MW unit consumes about 4320
tones of coal everyday
General Description
The main line of the coal handling
plant runs between the coal
unloading point and the boiler house,
and for maximum economy this line
should be as short as possible. It is
common practice to provide
screening and crushing plant (should
oversize coal arrive from the colliery)
in the bunker
Machineries commonly
employed
Wagon Tippler
Wagons received from the
collieries are unloaded one
by one with the help of
wagon tippler.
Wagon Tipples
Side tippler
Rotary tippler
Apron feeders
Feeder
Weighing Machines
The weighment of coal wagons is
established before the wagons are
discharged into the adjacent ground
hopper. This is done by placing the
coupled or un-coupled wagons on
weighing platform one by one.
Conveyor Belts
Types of Idlers
Magnetic Separators
Foreign materials in the coal can
cause blockages in chutes, hoppers,
bunkers and damage to conveyor
belts, crushers & P.F. mills. Magnetic
separators are installed at suitable
points in the line of flow of coal to
remove any magnetic foreign
material from it.
Magnetic separator
Vibrating Screen
Vibrating Screen
Crusher
Crusher
Trippers
Control Room
Control Room
Transferring the coal from track Hopper House to Raw coal bunker
Apron, Blade or Vibration feeders
Conveyor Belts
Idlers
Pulleys
Driving Unit
Belt Cleaners
Take-ups
Accessories of Conveyor Belts
Magnetic Pulleys
Suspension type electromagnets
Mouth pieces and Isolating gates
Belt weighing Machines
Belt Swayings
Protection system of conveyors
Trippers