Salient Features of Chiplima Hydro Electric Project
| Chiplima Power House | ||
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| 1 | Name of the Power Station | Chiplima Power Station |
| 2 | Type of Project | ROR |
| 3 | Type of Power House | Surface |
| 4 | Total Number of Units & Their Rated Capacities (Original) in MW | 3 nos. – 24 MW each |
| 5 | Unit-Wise Data of Commissioning (Original) and after R & M. | Original Date of Comm. |
| Unit-I – (15.07.1962) Unit-II – (26.11.1962) Unit-III – (01.02.1964) |
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| Date of Comm. after R, M & U | ||
| Unit-I – (29.07.1998) Unit-II – (01.05.2008) Unit-III – (21.01.2020) |
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| 6 | Turbines | |
| (a) Name of the Manufacturer | Unit-I & II – JM Voith (Original), Unit-III – LMZ Unit – I & II – Renovated by BHEL Unit III Renovated by Voith Hydro Pvt. Ltd. | |
| (b) Country of Manufacturer | Unit-I & II – Germany, Unit-III – Russia | |
| (c) Type | Kaplan (each) | |
| (d) Arrangement of Shaft | Vertical (each) | |
| (e) Output in MW | 25.4 (Max.) for Unit 1 & 2 | |
| 27.874 (Max.) for Unit 3 | ||
| (f) Speed in RPM | 150 (each) | |
| (g) Runaway Speed | 368 RPM, 340 RPM ( Unit 3 ) | |
| (h) Rated Head | 74.5 Ft. | |
| (i) Designed Head | 72 Ft., 71.52 Ft. ( Unit-3) | |
| 7 | Governing System | |
| (a) Name of the Manufacturer & Type | Unit-I -Voith, VCG – 72, Electro – Hydraulic Gov | |
| Unit-II – EHG (UR), BHEL | ||
| Unit-III Voith Hydro | ||
| 8 | Generators | |
| (a) Name of the Manufacturer | Unit-I & II- Hitachi, Unit-III – Voith Hydro | |
| (b) Country | Unit-I & II- Japan, Unit -III – India | |
| (c) Type | Semi Umbrella, Vertical | |
| (d) Output (in MVA / MW) | 27/24.3 (each) | |
| (e) Power Factor | 0.91 (each) | |
| (f) Generator Voltage | 11 KV (each) | |
| (g) Arrangement of Bearings | 1. Thrust bearing. | |
| 2. Guide bearing (each) | ||
| 9 | Excitation System | |
| Manufacturer & Type | Unit-I & II – AVR SEE, BHEL, | |
| Unit-III – SEE, ABB | ||
| 10 | Generator Transformers | |
| (a) Name of the Manufacturer & Country | Unit-I & II – Metropolitan – Vickers, UK Unit-3 Transformer & Rectifiers , India | |
| (b) Capacity in MVA | 27 MVA (each ) 30 MVA (Unit 3) | |
| (c) Type | Core (each) | |
| (d) Provision of Tap Changer | Off Load (each) | |
| (e) Type of Cooling | OFWF (each) | |
| (f) Voltage Ratio & Vector Group | 11/132KV (each), Yd11 | |
| 11 | Power House EOT Crane | |
| (a) Name of the Manufacturer & Country | Litostrocz, Yugoslavia | |
| (b) Capacity of Main Hook & Aux. Hook | 125 T (main), 25T (Aux.) | |
| (c) Number of Cranes | Two | |
| 12 | Penstock | |
| (a) Arrangement | Trapezoidal | |
| (b) Numbers | Three | |
| (c) Dia | 9.4 M (each) | |
| 13 | Tail Race | |
| (a) Type | Open Channel | |
| (b) Length | 1 KM | |
