PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 2014-15

TMD AND OFFSITE DEPARTMENT

Responsibility
Sl. No. Pain Area Improvement Project End Date Performance Indicator
/team (Sh.)
Availability of
01. TDBFP’s in St.II , III & Reduction in MDBFP running hours 31.03.2016 A K Agrawal, AGM (TMD) MDBFP Running hours <1000hours.
IV
Condenser Vacuum Improvement in condenser vacuum in Improvement in condenser vacuum to rated
02 31.03.2016 A K Singh, AGM(TMD)
U#11& U#12 Unit-11 &12, by Chemical cleaning value
Heat Rate improvement in unit 4 and 6
03. Unit 4 &6 Turbine 31.03.2016 R Patel, AGM (TMD) Turbine HR
after capital OH.
Stage 1 Turbine Lube Improvement in TG lube Oil Cooler
04 31.03.2016 R Patel AGM(TMD) Lub Oil Temp<45 deg C
oil system performance
Improvement in Ejector performance and
05 Stage 1 condenser 31.03.2016 R Patel, AGM (TMD) Single ejector operation in 04 no of units
air ingress in condenser.
Discharge of water Sustainable zero discharge from plant with
Discharge of water from plant drains and quality
06 and effluent from proper treatment and recycling of 31.03.2016 S K Saxena AGM(Offsite)
of recycled water.
Plant discharge water.

Stage-1 GT and UAT Shifting of Deluge valve to a safe distance

07 31.03.2016 S K Saxena AGM(Offsite) Shifting of Deluge valve
emulsifier System from transformer.

S K Saxena
CW pump Stage-1 Application of energy efficient coating in 2
08 31.03.2016 Improvement in st-1 CW pump efficiency
performance nos CW pumps
AGM(Offsite)
C P Mishra, DGM (TMD)/
St-I main plant AC Improving cooling performance of UCB
09 31.03.2015 Temperature of UCB & NOP rooms
System performance and NOP rooms
S. Bhowmik, Supdt. (TMD)
Passing problem of A K Agrawal,
10 St.III BFP re- Modification in valve seating area. 31.03.2015 Elimination of passing of valves.
circulation valve AGM (TMD)

Prevention of seepage of cutting fluid and

11 Central Workshop Lube Oil into the shop floor in two nos 31.03.2015 Alok singh, DGM (TMD) Prevention of seepage in no. of machines.
machine.
 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 2015-16
TMD AND OFFSITE DEPARTMENT
Responsibility
Sl. No. Pain Area Improvement Project End Date Performance Indicator
/team (Sh.)
A K Agrawal,
Availability of TDBFP’s in St.II , MDBFP Running hours
1 Reduction in MDBFP running hours 31.03.2016
III & IV <150hours per Unit.
AGM (TMD)
Condenser Vacuum U#11& Improvement in condenser vacuum in Unit-11 Improvement in condenser
2 31.03.2016 A K Singh, AGM(TMD)
U#12 &12, by Chemical cleaning vacuum to rated value
R Patel, Turbine HR improvement by
Heat Rate improvement in unit 4 and 6 after
3 Unit 4 &6 Turbine 31.03.2016
capital OH.
AGM (TMD) 10kcal
R Patel
Stage 1 Turbine Lube oil
4 Improvement in TG lube Oil Cooler performance 31.03.2016 Lub Oil Temp<45 deg C
system
AGM(TMD)
R Patel,
Improvement in Ejector performance and air Single ejector operation in 04 no
5 Stage 1 condenser 31.03.2016
ingress in condenser. of units
AGM (TMD)
A K Singh Turbine HR improvement by
Heat Rate improvement in unit 7 and 10 after
6 Unit 7 &10Turbine 31.03.2016
capital OH.
AGM (TMD) 10kcal
S K Saxena Discharge of water from plant
Discharge of water and effluent Installation and commissioning of pumps and
7 31.03.2016 drains and quality of recycled
from Plant piping for achieving zero discharge.
AGM(Offsite) water.
S K Saxena
Stage-1 GT and UAT emulsifier Shifting of Deluge valve to a safe distance from
8 31.03.2016 Shifting of Deluge valve
System transformer.
AGM(Offsite)
S K Saxena
Application of energy efficient coating in 2 nos CW Improvement in st-1 CW pump
9 CW pump Stage-1 performance 31.03.2016
pumps efficiency by 03%
AGM(Offsite)
R K Yadav

AGM(Offsite)
10 CT Performance Improvement of st-1 CT performance thro R &M 31.03.2016 Improvement in CT performance.

Current Status PIP 2015-16

 LIST of OFIs- BE ASSESSMENT-2015-VINDHYACHAL STPS

Strength
Sub-
Criterion
/ Description Action Plan Responsibility Current Status
OFI no.
While Key process drill down to sub Identify only those lead and lag All HODs
processes and identification of Lead & Lag indicators which are impacting
indicators have been followed, it is seen that outcome of the Department
Reviewed and
5a OFI-2 all the sub processes are tracked for Lead
Revised
and lag indicators and not focused on the
process/sub process that has major impact
on the outcome of the function.
5a Though targets have been set for lead lag Identify best performance figures All HODs
indicators, there is no evidence to show that (bench marks) for all lag
Reviewed and
OFI-3 these are compared with industry standards indicators of the Depts
Revised
or NTPC best and are revisited to set stretch
targets.
While process improvements have been Identify PIPs aligning with Vision All HODs
evidenced over the last three years, it is not attributes
evident whether any concerted improvement
actions have been identified in line with the
5b OFI-1 Pip aligned
Vision of the station. Also, improvements
based on the learning from internal
comparison with the other NTPC stations is
not evidenced.
There is no evidence of resolving critical Safety/IMS/5-S audits points to be All HODs
issues related to equipment/ human safety addressed in time
5d OFI-2
and ergonomics by acting upon safety audits,
5S, IMS audit etc.