BHEL wins Rs. 2500 Crore orders for Emission Control Systems .

New Delhi: Amidst stiff competitive bidding, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited 
(BHEL) has successfully secured two more orders for emission control equipment for
thermal power plants. Valued at around Rs.2,500 Crore, the orders have been placed on
BHEL by NTPC Ltd.
 
The orders involve supply and installation of Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) systems
for 13 coal based units at 2,600 MW Korba STPS Stage I, II & III in Chhattisgarh and 2,100
MW Ramagundam STPS Stage I & II in Telangana.
BHEL’s scope of work includes design, engineering, civil works, supply, erection and
commissioning of wet FGD system along with auxiliaries including limestone and gypsum
handling system and wet stack on turnkey basis.
 
BHEL has been a major player in this area for over a decade and was one of the earliest
entrants in the Indian market for emission control equipment. BHEL is dedicated towards
providing contemporary solutions for clean power generation from coal-based sets.
BHEL offers advanced SOx control equipment and has ongoing technology collaborations
with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Japan, for FGD systems and with HLB
Power, Republic of Korea, for Large size Gates and Dampers. BHEL is a market leader
in the emission control equipment segment and has contracted FGD orders for 54 thermal
units from various customers including FGD systems for 40 thermal units of NTPC and its
JVs.
 
In addition, the company possesses in-house capabilities to supply the technology for
reducing NOx levels through suitable modifications in boilers. BHEL is also supplying
state-of-the-art Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCRs) for higher reduction in NOx emission
and has technology collaboration with NANO Co. Ltd., Republic of Korea, for SCR
Catalysts in coal fired power plants. BHEL also has a technology collaboration with
Babcock Power Environmental Inc., USA (BPE) for SCR Systems for De-NOx application.

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