BHEL has won the prestigious order for Dibang Hydro Electric Project (12x240 MW) amidst stiff competition. Dibang Hydroelectric Project is located at Roing in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. The project consists of 12 turbine-generator sets, each of 240 MW and 222.5 m design net head. The turbine has been designed and developed by engineers from Center of Excellence - Hydro Division BHEL, Bhopal. It is noteworthy that this is the highest rated Francis turbine unit executed by BHEL.
SM Ramanathan, Executive Director, BHEL Bhopal handed over the copy of "Model Test Result" to Shri Lalitendu Kumar Tripathi, Executive Director, NHPC and other officials of NHPC in a program.
Speaking on the occasion, Ramanathan said that BHEL has completed the first phase of the project as per the schedule and assured NHPC that BHEL will also complete the other phases of the project on time. Speaking on the occasion he also said that the long term collaboration of BHEL and NHPC will help in the successful completion of the project. On this occasion Shri V.S. Rao, General Manager (Hydro) was present.
Tripathi congratulated BHEL for successfully completing the model testing as per the schedule of NHPC and especially thanked the BHEL engineers for explaining the testing methodology in detail. The turbine model was successfully tested at BHEL Bhopal from May 13 to 17, 2024 in the presence of customer representatives of NHPC Limited. The test proved the efficiency, output and other guaranteed parameters of the turbine.
Rao thanked the NHPC officials for their cooperation and support during the model testing.
He expressed hope of early approval for the project activities from NHPC while assuring timely supply of project material. He congratulated the dedicated team of Center of Excellence - Water Plant for successfully completing this test.