September 08, 2008

BHEL to build SAIL ISP captive power plant

It is reported that SAIL has awarded an INR 765 crore turnkey order to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited for setting up a 62.2MW captive power plant as expansion project of its IISCO steel plant in West Bengal. The project is slated for commissioning in a tight schedule of 29 months.

The power plant will be equipped with state of the art multi fuel gas fired boilers, specifically designed to utilise waste gases. The plant would utilize waste gases emanating from the steel making process such as blast furnace gas, basic oxygen furnace gas and coke oven gas.

BHEL's scope of work in the project envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the captive power plant, in addition to complete civil works. BHEL would supply three steam turbine generator sets of 18MW each, multi fuel gas fired boilers of 200 tonnes and turbo-blowers and other associated auxiliaries to the captive plant.