NSPCL Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

A power plant is used to generate and transmit
electricity. There are various kinds of power plants depending on
their input. NSPCL is a thermal power plant of Durgapur Steel
plant situated in West Bengal. It is a joint venture of NTPC and
SAIL, with a capacity of 120MW (2 units of 60MW capacity
each.) The plant supplies its entire power to the Durgapur Steel
Plant. Being a thermal power plant it uses coal as a major fuel.
The heat rate of a power plant is the amount required to produce
1KWHr of power. This value indicates the efficiency of the power
plant. It is done by controlling the fuel, in this case coal and the
GCV of coal. The higher the heat rate of the power plant the less
efficient it is.