PANIPAT THERMAL POWER STATION

(PTPS)
REPORT
B.Tech 5th Semester Electrical Engineering

Name of Event: PANIPAT THERMAL POWER STATION, DAY TRIP

BRIEF DESCRIPTON OF THE EVENT:-

DATE- 15th NOV 2022

MODE OF TRANSPORTATION- College Bus
NUMBER OF STUDENTS- 26
FACULTY NAMES-
1. Dr. Rajesh Ahuja
2. Dr. Anju Gupta
3. Mr. Pawan Kumar
4. Mr. Atma Ram

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,

J.C. BOSE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, YMCA, FARIDABAD
 INTRODUCTION

We would give our sincere thanks to the department of Electrical Engineering of of

J.C.Bose university of science and technology,YMCA Faridabad to schedule the
industrial visit to Panipat thermal Power plant.

The main aim of this trip was to provide knowledge to the students about the
generation of electricity from natural resources i.e., coal and solar energy. The
thermal power station comprised of coal-based generation and transmission of
electricity, and it also had a 10MW solar power plant, producing electricity by
solar energy. Students visited the control room of thermal power station and learnt
about the technology being used to keep a record of various things in the
generation of electricity, like the amount of coal, the pressure in the chamber, etc.
We also visited the switch yard and the solar power plant to learn about the steps
involved in the generation of renewable energy.

STUDENTS DURING THE START OF THE TRIP

 PANIPAT THERMAL POWER STATION

Panipat Thermal Power Station (PTPS) has a total installed generation capacity of 1360
MW comprising of four Units of 110 MW each , two Units of 210 MW each and two
Units of 250 MW each. As all the balance of plant facilities viz. Coal Handling Plant,
Ash Handling Plant, Cooling towers, C.W. System are separate for 4×110 MW. Unit 1
to 4 and are completely independent from Units 5 to 8. Keeping this in view and in
order to improve the performance of the Plant and to have a better control, a need was
felt to bifurcate PTPS into two Thermal Power Station i.e. PTPS-1, comprising of
4x110MW Units 1 to 4 and PTPS-2 comprising of 210MW /250MW Units 5 to 8. In
this regard the Board of Directors in its 54th meeting held on 29.03.07, approved the
proposal of bifurcation of Panipat Thermal Power Station, Panipat into two Thermal
Power Stations i.e. PTPS-1, comprising of 4x110MW Units I to IV and PTPS-2
comprising of 210MW / 250MW Units V to VIII. The matter was subsequently taken
up with Central Electricity Authority (CEA), New Delhi for according approval of
Government of India (Ministry of Power) regarding bifurcation of PTPS. CEA, New
Delhi vide letter dated 16.10.07 have conveyed their acceptance to HPGCL proposal of
bifurcation of Panipat Thermal Power Station into two Thermal Power Stations namely
PTPS-1 and PTPS-2.
 THE CONTROL ROOM

All the controlling and monitioring of Unit no. 7 and unit no. 8 is done in the control
room with the advanced technology of U.S based softwares that is MAX DNA. It is a
Windows based software. Here they control the coal supply in the furnance the
temperature of the furnance, control the output load, monitor the frequency and all the
protective devices are operated from here.

CONTROL ROOM
MONITORING THROUGH MAX DNA

COOLING TOWERS
 WORKING OF POWER PLANT
Coal: In a coal based thermal power plant, coal is transported from coal mines to the
generating station. The coal is cleaned in a magnetic cleaner to filter out if any iron
particles are present which may cause wear and tear in the equipment. The coal from
live storage is first crushed in small particles and then taken into pulverizer to make it
in powdered form. Fine powdered coal undergoes complete combustion, and thus
pulverized coal improves efficiency of the boiler. The ash produced after the
combustion of coal is taken out of the boiler furnace and then properly disposed.
Periodic removal of ash from the boiler furnace is necessary for the proper combustion.

Boiler: The mixture of pulverized coal and air (usually preheated air) is taken into
boiler and then burnt in the combustion zone. On ignition of fuel a large fireball is
formed at the center of the boiler and large amount of heat energy is radiated from it.
The heat energy is utilized to convert the water into steam at high temperature and
pressure. Steel tubes run along the boiler walls in which water is converted in steam.
The flue gases from the boiler make their way through superheater, economizer, air
preheater and finally get exhausted to the atmosphere from the chimney.
 Superheater: The superheater tubes are hanged at the hottest part of the
boiler. The saturated steam produced in the boiler tubes is superheated to
about 540 °C in the superheater. The superheated high pressure steam is
then fed to the steam turbine. 
 Economizer: An economizer is essentially a feed water heater which heats
the water before supplying to the boiler. 
 Air pre-heater: The primary air fan takes air from the atmosphere and it is
then warmed in the air pre-heater. Pre-heated air is injected with coal in the
boiler. The advantage of pre-heating the air is that it improves the coal
combustion.

Steam turbine: High pressure super heated steam is fed to the steam turbine which
causes turbine blades to rotate. Energy in the steam is converted into mechanical
energy in the steam turbine which acts as the prime mover. The pressure and
temperature of the steam falls to a lower value and it expands in volume as it passes
through the turbine. The expanded low pressure steam is exhausted in the condenser.
Types of turbine:-
1.Low Pressure Turbine (LPT)
2. Intermediate Pressure Turbine (IPT)
3. High Pressure Turbine (HPT)
The power contribution of these turbines are LT Contributes maximum efficiency that
is 45%, IPT contributes 35%, HPT contributes 20%.
Condenser: The exhausted steam is condensed in the condenser by means of cold
water circulation. Here, the steam loses it's pressure as well as temperature and it is
converted back into water. Condensing is essential because, compressing a fluid which
is in gaseous state requires a huge amount of energy with respect to the energy required
in compressing liquid. Thus, condensing increases efficiency of the cycle.

Alternator: The steam turbine is coupled to an alternator. When the turbine rotates the
alternator, electrical energy is generated. This generated electrical voltage is then
stepped up with the help of a transformer and then transmitted where it is to be utilized.

Feed water pump: The condensed water is again fed to the boiler by a feed water
pump. Some water may be lost during the cycle, which is suitably supplied from an
external water source.
 SWITCH YARD
After the Control room we visited the Switch yard of the Power plant of Unit 7 and
Unit 8 where the power transmission of electricity is done. Firstly the power from
thermal power plant is sep up with a step up transformer from 16.5KV to 220KV. The
switch yard was made on the ground which constitued pebbles the use of pebbles is that
no grass could grow on the switch yard. CVT Capacitor voltage transformer were used
for step down the voltage to 110V which is then used for Relay. The Substation
consists of 2 Main Bus and 2 Auxiliary Bus the substation was provided with a large no
of protection devices. Wave trap is used for signaling and for communication. There
are four feeder there from these four feeder 2 feeder goes to Jind, one goes to Bastara
and another one goes to Safedo.
SINGLE LINE DIAGRAM OF 220 KV SWITCHYARD UNIT 7&8

TRANSFORMER
STUDENTS AT SWITCHYARD
 SOLAR POWER PLANT(10MW)

The solar power plant was of 10 MW. It was integrated with Weather Monitioring
System. 20 Solar plates makes a bed and a bed Supplies 800V DC supply. Each bed
was lying at angle of 38°. Then 800V DC is then Converted to 310V AC through 3
phase inverters. The monitioring of this plant was done by SCADA.

RATINGS OF SOLAR PLATE

OUTLOOK OF SOLAR POWER PLANT

STUDENTS AT SOLAR POWER PLANT
 OUTCOME OF THE TRIP
It was a very amazing as well as educational trip. We enjoyed a lot as well as got to
learn about the various methods of generation of electricity via renewable and non-
renewable resources and got to learn about the transmission of the electricity
produced. We are very thankful to the department of Electrical Engineering and
Dr. Anju Gupta Mam for organizing this wonderful trip and we wish that our
department may continue to organize such educational trips in the near future too.