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New test bay for high capacity chillers developed in-house |
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Thermax has indigenously developed a state-of-the-art test bay at its Chinchwad factory for testing various types of vapour absorption chillers – steam driven, fuel fired, exhaust driven and a combination of these – in capacities ranging from 100TR to 3300TR. The entire testing facility is centrally operated by sophisticated distributed control systems.
A 3150 TR exhaust gas driven chiller was recently tested at the bay, probably a first for such a high capacity system to be successfully factory tested on full load as well as part load conditions. Actual turbine operating conditions were simulated.
The test bay has equipped Thermax to cater to the high capacity segment of the international market for absorption chillers.
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Thermax heat recovery steam generators for Europe |
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Thermax is executing an order for an oilfield redevelopment project in Netherlands to supply a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to generate 408 TPH of steam at 310 degree centigrade using the waste heat of a GE 9E gas turbine. The HRSG will generate steam for oil wells in. The system, in the absence of turbine exhaust, can also be fired on other fuels like oil and gas. Thermax will adhere to European design and manufacturing codes and standards.
In India, for a 368 MW combined cycle gas based power plant being set up in Andhra Pradesh, it is supplying its first HRSG in the utility segment on a Frame 9 FA gas turbine. Thermax has mastered the expertise to design, manufacture and commission HRSGs that can make a critical difference to the heat rate and productivity of power plants.
On this project, Thermax worked closely with its technology partner, Babcock & Wilcox, USA.
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Captive power plant on blast furnace gas |
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Thermax is building a captive power plant for a major steel manufacturing plant. The 42.5 MW plant will be completed on an EPC basis for the blast furnace complex, part of the 4.2 million tons per year capacity expansion plan of the company.
The order includes design, engineering, manufacture, supply and commissioning of the captive power plant with boilers, turbines and balance of plant equipment. Thermax will supply three heat recovery boilers to generate 300 TPH of steam from blast furnace gas and also the water and waste water treatment plant.
Till date, Thermax Power has already commissioned 500 MW of captive power capacity in the country. This order is a breakthrough project in integrated steel plants, up to now a preserve of the public sector. |
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Thermax scores a logistics high |
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Thermax recently executed a major project for the Samref Refinery at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia through their consultants, Foster Wheeler, UK. A 939 ton modularized flue gas cooler (FGC), manufactured for use in their refinery process was assembled at the Mundra facility and despatched from the Mundra Port.
The scope of the project included design, manufacturing, inspection, testing, transportation, erection and commissioning of the unit. The performance test of the equipment was witnessed by teams from Samref, Exxon Mobil (a joint partner of Samref) and Foster Wheeler. It is worth noting that the foundation which supported the earlier 20 year old cooler was constructed way back in 1984. One of the highlights of this project was that even after erection, the cooler along with its additional structures did not exceed the load bearing capacity of the foundation.
The total consignment with the trailer weighed 1100 tons. While transporting the system to the port, to ensure safety traffic was halted at Mundra. A special by-pass road had been built to cross over the creek and power supply through the high tension transmission lines switched off.
With the success of this project, B&H manufacturing and TECC teams feel ready and prepared to take on similar challenging assignments.
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