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OTPC Palatana Unit-II : 15 days Trial Run to start from 23rd November : PM Narendra Modi's visit is highly uncertain in 2014
Tarun Bhattacharjee
OTPC Palatana Unit-II : 15 days Trial Run to start from 23rd November : PM Narendra Modi's visit is highly uncertain in 2014
PHOTO : OTPC Palatana Plant. TIWN File Photo

PALATANA/UDAIPUR, October 31 (TIWN): As per the latest schedule of BHEL the much awaited Trial Run for the Unit-II of 726.6MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine(CCGT) Thermal Power project Palatana will begin from 23rd November. The 15 days Trial Run will be completed on 7th December,2014. BHEL has finalized the schedule after the Declaration of Gas Availability by OTPC. Now suspense has begun about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the Commercial Generation(COG) from the Unit-II in 2014. Actually the situation has come to such after the debacle of Unit-I that suffered a major set back immediately after the inauguration of COG from Unit-I. This time the Prime Minister Narendra Modi is more serious as the PMO has been informed by the state BJP wings that the Unit-II is not even ready to start its production on experimental basis. As per the scheduled timeline of BHEL, 15 days Trial Run will complete on 7th December,2014. Thus. it is now officially clear that PM is not visiting Tripura before mid-December.

 OTPC Experts now opine ," How did the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar dare to invite PM to come to Tripura even in September ? Who had informed him CM to act in such haste without being informed by the OPTC? Was it a publicity stunt on behalf of the CM?"

      On 27th October OPTC and BHEL have started the preliminary activities of Unit-II . These will continue up to 26th November. But during this period OTPC will go for 7vdays shut down for two times- one from 09/11/2014 to 15/11/2014 and the other from 22/11/2014 to 26/11/2014. The first time the shut down will mainly due to Cool Down after Over Speed Test and the second time it will be to attend observation during tuning.

      During this time the priority of OTPC is," Gas Vent Valve Solenoid, I/P CONVERTER, COP(Rexroth) fixing , Air Intake Filters Pulsing Card fixing and any other pending issues. " Meanwhile, Over Speed Test is subject to the Clearance of General Electric, the Atalanta based Manufacturing Company of Gas Turbine. It is also learnt that during the first time cool down Gas Valve Module, Gas Booster Compressor-suction strainer, Final Filter , Temp strainer in Gas line , HRSG duct inspection will be done. "

     It is a matter of satisfaction that on 28th October Seal Oil Pump Motor was installed. The Fuel gas requirement is 18000-20000CM/hr. However, the BHEL has said that sufficient time is to given for Auto-synchronization check for both Gas Turbine Generator and Steam Turbine Generator and repeatability check up of auto synchronization.

      Now the question whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PMO will give clearance to his visit to OPTC in the first week of December. Actually it is learnt from a top level Home Ministry sources," Without consulting with the Centre Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar declared that Bangladesh will get 100MW from Tripura's share of OTPC. Now it is obvious that Tripura CM is in a hurry for the inauguration of the COG.But the Prime Minister won't do anything in haste. He is fully aware that this will seriously make its impact on bilateral issues. And if the Unit-II fails like the Unit-I did in June 2013 when President of India Pranab Mukharjee inaugurated the Commercial Generation from unit-I."

 

 

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