Bhel Report
Bhel Report
Bhel Report
REPORT
BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS
LIMITEDA
INDUSTRIES
CONTROL ENGINEERING IN THE
ROLE OF INSTRUMENTAION AND &
CERTIFICATE
Sr. Manager
INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL
CONTENTS
I would also like to express my sincere gratitude to Mrs. S.R. Chaudhary, Sr.
Manager, BHEL-Haridwar, who was my training coordinator and Mr R.P.Ram
Sir, who was my training instructor. The information and guidance provided by
them helped me to gain invaluable knowledge about working of the industry
and the latest development in the field.
Last but not least I am obliged to all the other employees for their guidance and
co-operation during the training period.
BHEL :AN OVERVIEW
Over the years, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has emerged as world class
Engineering and Industrial giant, the best of its kind in entire South East Asia.
Its business profile cuts across various sectors of Engineering/Power utilities
and Industry. The Company today enjoys national and international presence
featuring in the "Fortune International-500" and is ranked among the top 12
companies in the world, manufacturing power generation equipment. BHEL has
now 14 Manufacturing Divisions, 8 Service Centers and 4 Power Sectors
Regional Centers besides a large number of project sites spread over India and
abroad.
VISION
World class, innovative, competitive and profitable engineering enterprise
providing total business solutions.
MISSION
The leading Indian engineering enterprise providing quality products systems
and services in the fields of energy, transportation, infrastructure and other
potential areas.
VALUES
• Meeting commitments made to external and internal customers.
• Foster learning creativity and speed of response.
• Respect for dignity and potential of individuals.
• Loyalty and pride in the company.
• Team playing.
• Zeal to excel.
• Integrity and fairness in all matters.
• Annual Manufacturing capacity for thermal sets was expanded from 1500
POWER GENERATION
Power generation sector comprises thermal, gas, hydro and nuclear power
plant business as of 31.03.2001, BHEL supplied sets account for nearly 64737
MW or 65% of the total installed capacity of 99,146 MW in the country, as
against nil till 1969-70.
BHEL has proven turnkey capabilities for executing power projects from
concept to commissioning, it possesses the technology and capability to produce
thermal sets with super critical parameters up to 1000 MW unit rating and gas
turbine generator sets of up to 240 MW units rating. Co-generation and
combined-cycle plants have been introduced to achieve higher plant
efficiencies. to make efficient use of the high-ash-content coal available in
India, BHEL supplies circulating fluidized bed combustion boilers to both
thermal and combined cycle power plants.
The company manufactures 235 MW nuclear turbine generator sets and has
commenced production of 500 MW nuclear turbine generator sets.Custom made
hydro sets of Francis, Pelton and Kapian types for different head discharge
combination are also engineering and manufactured by BHEL.In all, orders for
more than 700 utility sets of thermal, hydro, gas and nuclear have been placed
on the Company as on date. The power plant equipment manufactured by
BHEL is based on contemporary technology comparable to the best in the world
and is also internationally competitive.
INDUSTRIES
BHEL is a major contributor of equipment and systems to industries,
cement, sugar, fertilizer, refinances, petrochemicals, paper, oil and gas,
metallurgical and other process industries. The range of system & equipment
supplied includes: captive power plants, co-generation plants DG power plants,
industrial steam turbines, industrial boilers and auxiliaries. Wate heat recovery
boilers, gas turbines, heat exchangers and pressure vessels, centrifugal
compressors, electrical machines, pumps, valves, seamless steel tubes,
electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, reactors, fluidized bed combustion
boilers, chemical recovery boilers and process controls.
TELECOMMUNICATION
BHEL also caters to Telecommunication sector by way of small, medium and
large switching systems.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Technologies that can be offered by BHEL for exploiting non-conventional
and renewable sources of energy include: wind electric generators, solar
photovoltaic systems, solar lanterns and battery-powered road vehicles. The
Company has taken up R&D efforts for development of multi-junction
amorphous silicon solar cells and fuel based systems.
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
BHEL has, over the years, established its references in around 60 countries of
the world, ranging for the United States in the West to New Zealand in the Far
East. These references encompass almost the entire product range of BHEL,
covering turnkey power projects of thermal, hydro and gas-based types,
substation projects, rehabilitation projects, besides a wide variety of products,
like transformers, insulators, switchgears, heat exchangers, castings and
forgings, valves, well-head equipment, centrifugal compressors, photo-voltaic
equipment etc. Apart from over 1110MW of boiler capacity contributed in
Malaysia, and execution of four prestigious power projects in Oman, Some of
the other major successes achieved by the Company have been in Australia,
Saudi Arabia, Libya, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Egypt, Bangladesh, Azerbaijan,
Sri Lanka, Iraq etc.
The success in the area of rehabilitation and life extension of power projects
has established BHEL as a comparable alternative to the original equipment
manufactures (OEMs) for such plants.
TECHNOLOGY UPGRADATION AND RESEARCH &
DEVELOPMENT
To remain competitive and meet customers' expectations, BHEL lays great
emphasis on the continuous upgradation of products and related technologies,
and development of new products. The Company has upgraded its products to
contemporary levels through continuous in house efforts as well as through
acquisition of new technologies from leading engineering organizations of the
world.
The Corporate R&D Division at Hyderabad, spread over a 140 acre complex,
leads BHEL's research efforts in a number of areas of importance to BHEL's
product range. Research and product development centers at each of the
manufacturing divisions play a complementary role.
• MANOMETERIC LAB
• PYROMETERIC LAB
• Block-1 T G Test bed Site
• Block-4 MICALASTIC Plant Site
• Thermal Power Station Site
PRESSURE INSTRUMENTS:
1. PRESSURE GAUGES:
• BOURDON TUBE
• DIAPHRAGM TYPE
2. PRESSURE TRANSMITTER
3. PRESSURE SWITCH
4. U TUBE MANOMETER
TEMPERATURE INSTRUMENTS:
1. RECORDERS
2. DIGITAL TEMPERATURE INDICATOR CONTROLLER
3. TRANSMITTERS
4. THERMOSTATS
5. DIAL TEMPERATURE INDICATOR
6. MERCURY IN GLASS THERMOMETER
7. RADIATION PYROMETER
8. THERMAL CHALK
9. SENSORS
• RTDs - PRT-100,CRT .
• THERMOCOUPLEs - J,K,S,R,T Types .
• CALIBRATION
• MAINTENANCE
• T. G. TESTING SUPPORT
• OSBT MEASUREMENTS & CONTROLS
• INDENTING
CALIBRATION:
All the instruments of Pressure, Temperature and Flow from various Blocks of
HEEP are Calibrated and Repaired in Instrumentation Labs. There are 3500
instruments located at different sites in Plant.
MAINTENANCE:
Problems regarding to various process instruments at different sites are attended
by Instrumentation staff. Most of the complaints are cleared within 1 day. To
reduce breakdown time at some critical sites there is duplication of
measurements.
T G TESTING SUPPORT:
There are about 300 critical parameters related to Pressure, Temperature, Level
and Flow to be observed and some of them controlled also during testing of TG.
OSBT MEASUREMENTS & CONTROLS:
There are about 100 critical parameters related to Pressure, Temperature, Level
and Flow to be observed and some of them controlled also during testing and
balancing of TG in OSBT.
INDENTING:
Specifications are made for Temperature, Pressure, Level and Flow instruments
required for different applications in production Blocks and services areas by
Instrumentation Section.
MANOMETRIC LAB
1.PRESSURE GAUGES:
• BOURDON TUBE:
The bourdon tube is the most frequently used pressure gauge because of its
simplicity and rugged construction. A C-Type bourdon tube consist of long thin
walled cylinder of non-circular cross section, sealed at one end, made from
materials such as phosphorus bronze, steel and beryllium copper, and attached
by a light line work to the mechanism which operates the pointer. The other
end of the tube is fixed and open for the application of the pressure which is to
be measured.
As the fluid under pressure enters the bourdon tube, it tries to change the section
of tube from oval to circular, and this tends to straighten out the tube. The
resulting movement of the free end of the tube causes the pointer to move over
the scale. The tip of the bourdon tube is connected to a segmental lever through
an adjustable length link. The segment lever end on the segment side is
provided with a rack which meshes to a suitable pinion mounted on a spindle.
The segmental lever is suitably pivoted and the spindle holds the
pointer.Bourdon tubes are made from number of materials, depending upon the
fluid and the pressure for which they are used. Bourdon tubes are generally
made in three shapes:
a. C-type
b. Helical type
c. Spiral type
• DIAPHRAGM TYPE:
Diaphragms are widely used for pressure and draft measurement,
particularly in very low ranges. They can detect a pressure differential even in
the range of 0 to 4mm.
The diaphragms can be in the form of flat, corrugated or dished plates and the
choice depends on the strength and amount of deflection desired. In high
2.PRESSURE SWITCH:
The pressure is fed to the inside of the bellows which carries a contact plate.
When the pressure reaches a sufficient value (or preset) value, the contact plate
touches contact points thus closing an electric circuit to an alarm or motor
control gear. The contacts in a pressure switch may be normally closed when
the pressure is below set point. For example, the contacts in a normally open
switch remains open until the pressure rises above the set point. Then the
sensing element makes the contact snap to the closed position. The contacts
open again when the pressure falls below the set point. The contacts in a
normally closed switch remain closed until the pressure rises above the set
point. Then the contacts snap open and remain open until the pressure drops
below the set point again. Most switches contain two sets of contacts, one
normally open and the other normally closed.A pressure switch has a
“deadband”, i.e. the pressure must fall below the set point before the switch
resets to its normal position. The amount of deadband is the difference in the
pressure between the set point and the reset point.
3. U TUBE MANOMETER:
The U-tube is the simplest form of manometer. By suitable choice of liquids, a
wide range of pressure can be recorded.It consist of a transparent tube
constructed in a firm of elongated U and is partially filled with a liquid, most
commonly water or mercury. Water and mercury are used because their specific
weights for various temperatures are known exactly and they do not stick to the
tube. One end of the U tube is connected to one pressure tap and the other end is
connected to the other pressure tap, or it may be left open to the atmosphere.
When there is a pressure difference between the two ends of the tube, the liquid
level goes down on one side of the tube and up on the other side. The difference
in liquid levels from one side to the other indicates the difference in pressure.
When manometer is used to measure low pressures then water is used as the
liquid, and when it is used to measure high pressures then mercury is used as the
liquid. Mercury is almost 14 times as heavy as water. Therefore, the difference
in levels of mercury-filled manometer is about 1/14 of what it would be if water
were in the tube.
pd = γ h (1)
where
pd = pressure
The specific weight of water, which is the most commonly used fluid in u-tube
manometers, is 9.8 kN/m3 or 62.4 lb/ft3
4.PRESSURE TRANSMITTERS:
The DPharp EJX series of pressure transmitters /differential pressure
transmitters are the latest addition to the DPharp family's EJA series. DPharp
EJX pressure and differential pressure transmitters employ a next-generation
multi-sensing technology that provides virtually the highest level of
performance and precision in the market
PYROMETERIC LAB
1. THERMOCOUPLE
• BASIC THERMOCOUPLE
• Analog recorders
• Digital recorders
• Graphic recorders
• Oscillographic recorders
• Return-to-zero(RZ)
• Non-return-to-zero(NRZ)
3. GRAPHIC RECORDERS:
Graphic recorders are devices which display and store a pen-and-ink record of
the history of some physical event. The event may be a varying voltage or
current obtained from an electric circuit under observation or perhaps a varying
pressure which actuates a diaphragm and linkage to move a stylus in relation to
a chart.
Applications:
a. They are used for the temperature above the practical operating range of
thermocouples.
b. They can be used in the environments which contaminate or limit the life of
thermocouples.
d. Shaft expansion .
e. Valve position .
The device operates on the plunger coil principle .a coil is suspended in the
air gap in a resilient way by a spring .The magnetic flux in the air gap is
constant the permanent magnet is frimly connected to the housing and the
magnetic return path .Above the inherent frequency of the spring /mass
system .The plunger coil is steady in its space due to mass inertia .thus a fix
point is created and the vibrations can be referred to this point .The relative
motion between the coil and the magnet generates a voltage which is
proportional to the rate of vibration
The functioning of the amplifier can be cheaked with the help of a standard
oscillator built in the system .Faliur of the sensor and the field cable will be
annunciated .Similarly the supply voltage is also monitored
The shaft position measurement is carried out with the three proximity type
sensors .The three measured signals are used in a 2 out of three configuration
featuring analog comparison with cyclic test
SHAFT EXPANSION
SHAFT expansion is done in the same way as described earlier for axial shaft
position measurement .The difference lies in the size of the measuring device
and the sensor arrangements .The measuring disc is in the form of a double cone
to produce less change in the air gap due to large change in the expansion
As a bridge output for a large air gap change become non linear a linearising
network is also used in the electronic processing
VALVE POSITION
The measurement is carried out for both the HP and LP control valves with the
help of displacement sensor .The displacement sensor is connected to the valve
rod via a connecting device and a rope .The other end of the rope is connected
to a rotable measuring device which forms the magnetic return path for the
sensor coils .The rotating measuring device rotates eccentric to the sensor coil
which creates different air gaps and thus different inductance thus the air gap
between the measuring device and the coils depend upon the angle of rotation
.The displacement sensor is arranged in such a manner that the rope is extended
in the zero position ,i.e with the valve closed the output is zero.
THERMAL POWER STATION
(TPS)
BHEL haridwar had its own power plant to generate electricity .It was set up in
1968 with Russian collaboration and started generation in 1970.it had the
generating capacity of 12MW.
At present the thermal power plant is no more in use and in its place diesel
engine has been put up with the generating capacity of nearly 6MW.
• BOILER
b. Water tube Boiler :In this water is contained in the tubes of the boiler and the
chamber is full of fire . it is also called vertical water tube pulverized coal fire
boiler .powdered coal is obtained from hammer mill .presently this type of
boiler is in use .hammer is of manganese steel .there are seventy two hammers
in a mill with a weight of 10 kg each
.
BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF THE BOILER ARE AS
FOLLOWS
a. Pipes:Boiler is surrounded by water tubes of dimensions
60*3.5mm(dia*thickness).These pipes are of alloy steel .These pipes in boilers
are known as water walls having 5-6mm gap .Both ends of these pipes are fitted
to a header (a thick pipe ).There are about 240 tubes in whole .
b. Fuel :RFO oil is used in the boiler for burning .It is the lowest quality oil
obtained as the petroleum by-product .It also requires pulverized coal ,fire and
air as fuel .Oil is introduced through the burner .
c. Super heater :It produces the super heated steam at a temperature of 440 deg
centigrade .The maximum steam pressure in the boiler is 40 atm .
d. boiler drum :It is made up of alloy steel .Its basic functions are :
i. filter
e. Seperator :Steam strikes with the separator and the water particles drop
down .
f. Economiser :The boiler consist of two economisers called as lower
economiser maintained at 243 deg. Centigrade and upper economiser
maintained at 105 deg centigrade .These are coil tubes through which the flue
gases pass
g. Air pree heater :it is a heat exchanger in which some heat is extracted from
the gases and is used to heat the incoming air for combustion .These allows the
saving of a lot of fuel .If increment in temperature of air is 20 deg the boiler
efficiency increases about 1 %.
h. Forced draft fan :It sucks the atmospheric air to produce vacuum in the boiler
.
3. TURBINE:
Turbine is placed in the turbine hall .impulse turbines are used at TPS having 28
stationary and 28 rotatory blades .it is a machine in which a shaft is rotated by
the impact of steam of working substance .It converts potential energy of the
working substance into mechanical energy.
Working of steam turbines depends upon the dynamic of the steam .the steam
is caused to fall with pressure in the nozzle ;due to fall in pressure a whole
amount of heat is converted into mechanical energy
4. GENERATOR:
Presently BHEL is using a Russian generator having
Capacity : 12MW
Apparent : 15MVA