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After fast breeders, IGCAR to develop boilers for power plants
New Delhi, Sep 7 (PTI) After developing the Fast Breeder
Reactor, Indian scientists at IGCAR will now pool their
expertise to design advanced super-critical boilers for use in
coal-based power plants.
The Kalpakkam-based Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research (IGCAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and National Thermal
Power Corporation (NTPC) recently in this regard.
The MoU came in the wake of suggestions in this regard by
Principal Scientific Adviser R Chidambaram.
"IGCAR has the capacity to design such high-temperature
boilers, BHEL can manufacture these plant components while
NTPC can put up such plants. The MoU will help build synergy
between the three entities," IGCAR Director Baldev Raj told
PTI.
He pointed out that the IGCAR expertise of equipment
design, development of materials that can operate in very high
temperature has been demonstrated while developing the
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR).
Raj also made a presentation on the subject at a meeting
of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Union Cabinet headed
by Chidambaram held here Tuesday.
The advanced super-critical boilers, to be designed and
developed by IGCAR, will be able to operate at a pressure of
350 bar and withstand temperature of 700 degree centigrade.
Raj said he expected the project, which could cost to the
tune of Rs 10,000 crore, to be realised by 2017.
He said as India aimed to generate at least 4,00,000 MW
power by 2030 through coal-fired power plants it was necessary
to develop advanced super-critical technologies that would be
less taxing on the environment.
The super-critical boilers used by the industry Tuesday
operate at 250 bar and 600 degree centigrade and are very
expensive, he said adding that indigenous development of such
technology will help India save on equipment costs.
IGCAR has successfully designed and developed India's
first 500 MW PFBR which is being built at Kalpakkam in the
south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
IGCAR, NTPC and BHEL Tuesday signed an MoU for
indigenous development of next generation of super-critical
technology August 26.
The technology would have substantially higher power
plant efficiency with 15-20 per cent reduction in carbon
emissions. PTI
Reactor, Indian scientists at IGCAR will now pool their
expertise to design advanced super-critical boilers for use in
coal-based power plants.
The Kalpakkam-based Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research (IGCAR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and National Thermal
Power Corporation (NTPC) recently in this regard.
The MoU came in the wake of suggestions in this regard by
Principal Scientific Adviser R Chidambaram.
"IGCAR has the capacity to design such high-temperature
boilers, BHEL can manufacture these plant components while
NTPC can put up such plants. The MoU will help build synergy
between the three entities," IGCAR Director Baldev Raj told
PTI.
He pointed out that the IGCAR expertise of equipment
design, development of materials that can operate in very high
temperature has been demonstrated while developing the
Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR).
Raj also made a presentation on the subject at a meeting
of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Union Cabinet headed
by Chidambaram held here Tuesday.
The advanced super-critical boilers, to be designed and
developed by IGCAR, will be able to operate at a pressure of
350 bar and withstand temperature of 700 degree centigrade.
Raj said he expected the project, which could cost to the
tune of Rs 10,000 crore, to be realised by 2017.
He said as India aimed to generate at least 4,00,000 MW
power by 2030 through coal-fired power plants it was necessary
to develop advanced super-critical technologies that would be
less taxing on the environment.
The super-critical boilers used by the industry Tuesday
operate at 250 bar and 600 degree centigrade and are very
expensive, he said adding that indigenous development of such
technology will help India save on equipment costs.
IGCAR has successfully designed and developed India's
first 500 MW PFBR which is being built at Kalpakkam in the
south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
IGCAR, NTPC and BHEL Tuesday signed an MoU for
indigenous development of next generation of super-critical
technology August 26.
The technology would have substantially higher power
plant efficiency with 15-20 per cent reduction in carbon
emissions. PTI
