BHEL to commission boilers for NLC
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will later this month commission the first 250 MW lignite-powered circulating fluidised bed combustion (CFBC) boiler at Neyveli Lignite Corporation’s (NLC) complex in Tamil Nadu.
AV Krishnan, executive director, BHEL, Tiruchi, said the second 250 MW unit will become operational in April or May. The technology for the CFBC boilers – which works on non-coal fuel, including lignite, bagasse and straw, was developed at the Tiruchi complex.
BHEL manufactures CFBC boilers in collaboration with Lurgis Lentjes Energietechnik Gmbh (LLB). The German firm’s rich experience and numerous installations worldwide (including the largest CFBC unit in the world – a 250 MWe plant at Gardanne, France, in operation since April 1996), coupled with BHEL’s extensive R&D and expertise in dealing with low-grade fuels provides a winning combination.
The power equipment manufacturer had supplied the first utility-sized (125 MW) CFBC boiler in India to Gujarat Industries Power Corporation’s Surat Lignite Power Project, in 2000.
