Adoption of Supercritical

Technology

- An Affirmative Step by NTPC

Limited Targeting Both Energy
Security and a Clean Energy
Efficient Economy
 Presentation Outline
• Energy Scenario.

• Efficiency Improvement of Coal-Based Plants -

Best opportunity to Mitigate CO2 emission and
Combat Climate Change while Ensuring
Energy Security for India.

• Strategies to improve efficiency

- Supercritical power plants.
- Ultra Supercritical power plants.
Promoting Cleaner Power Generation

NEW EFFICIENCY
TECHNOLOGIES IMPROVEMENT

ENVIRONMENT
RENEWABLES UPLIFTMENT
World Electricity Generation:
Dominated by Fossil Fuels

Source: IEA

Coal has been and shall remain the mainstay fuel for
power generation in India
Efficiency Improvement through Higher
Parameters
THERMAL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT

6000C/6000C
%
1.2
5660C/5930C

1.0
5660C/5660C

0.8
5380C/5660C

0.8
5380C/5380C

0.7
Base

169 246 310

97
STEAM PRESSURE (kg/cm2)

MS Pressure Kg/cm2
In fossils fuel dominated energy sector, Supercritical/Ultra
Supercritical power plants with higher cycle efficiency offer
the best opportunity for CO2 mitigation. 5
 Fuel
Savings

Efficiency Reduction in
APC

Advantages
Lower
of SC CO2
Smaller BOP

Comparable Low Sox &

Reliability NOx
 CO2 Reduction by Increasing Efficiency

800 25
Based on Barh Coal (3300 Kcal/Kg, 31.37 % Carbon)

750
20
CO2 Emmissions Kg/MWh

CO2 Emmisions, Kg/MWh

% CO2 reduction from
subcritical

% CO2 reduction
700

15

650

sub critical plant efficiency

10

600

5
550
Efficiency at steam parameters 310/600/600

500 0
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
Plant Efficiency
SL. YEAR STEAM PARAMETER UNIT SIZE (MW) HEAT RATE
NO
(KCAL/KWHR)

1. 1947-50 28 ata , 400 deg C 10 - 15 -

2. 1951-60 60 ata, 482 deg C 30 - 57.5 2470

70 ata 496 deg C to 90 60 - 100

ata, 535 deg C
 2370
3. 1961-76
130 ata, 537/537 deg C 110 - 120 2170-2060

4. 1977-82 130 ata, 537/537 deg C 200 / 210(USSR) 2060

5. 1983 150 ata, 537/537 deg C 210 (Siemens) 1985

6. 1984-93 170 ata, 537/537 deg C 500 1980

7 1994 + 170 ata, 537/537 deg C 500 1945

8. 2001 246 ata. 537/566 deg C 660 1900

S. NO. STATION DESIGN HEAT RATE ( IN KCAL/KWHR)
200/ 210 MW 500 MW

1. SINGRAULI 2049.9(LMZ) 1975.9(BHEL)

2. KORBA 1993.7(BHEL) 1975.9(BHEL)

3. RAMAGUNDAM 1942.3(ANSALDO) 1987.3(BHEL)

4. FARAKKA 1974.7(BHEL) 1984.1(BHEL)

5. RIHAND - 1945.0(GEC)

6. DADRI 1985.13(BHEL) -

7. TALCHER-I - 1988.1(ABB)

8. VINDHYACHAL 2020(LMZ) 1947.6(BHEL)

9. UNCHAHAR-II 1964.9(BHEL) -

10. SIMHADRI - 1944.4(BHEL)

11. TALCHER-II - 1944.4(BHEL)

12. KAHALGAON 2020 (LMZ) 1944.4 (BHEL)

TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS-SUPERCRITICAL TURBINE
HEATRATE IMPROVEMENT (Kcal/Kwhr)

246/566/593 1868

246/566/566 1883

246/538/566 1900

246/538/538 1913
SUPERCRITICAL

169/538/538 1947
SUBCRITICAL

1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960

Efficiency Improvement % Efficiency Improvement/ CO2 Mitigation Efforts in NTPC

Sub - critical units Super - critical units

Unit Size 500 MW 500 MW 660 MW 660 MW
MS Pressure kg/cm2 170 170 247 247
MS Steam Temp(O C) 537 537 537 565
RH Steam Temp (O C) 537 565 565 593
 What is NTPC doing?
• NTPC has already adopted 247/ 565/593 steam parameters for Barh-II

– Super-critical units under construction : 8

– Super-critical units under bulk tendering : 11

– Out of 11, S/C units for NTPC: 9

– Future planning for S/C units: 7

• NTPC is also going for bulk tendering of 11 units of 660 MW with the
above advanced super critical steam parameters.

• Study is underway to zero in on optimum USC steam parameters for

upcoming 800 MW to 1000 MW unit size steam power plants.
 Super Critical Technology in NTPC
 PLANTS IN ADVANCE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION
 3 x 660 MW Sipat STPP Stage-I
 3 x 660 MW Barh STPP Stage-I
 Barh-II, Bihar – 2x660 MW
 UPCOMING PLANTS
 North Karanpura, Jharkhand – 3x660 MW
 Darlipali, Orissa – 4x800 MW
 Lara, Chattisgarh – 5x800 MW
 Marakanam, Tamilnadu – 4x800 MW
 Tanda-II, Uttar Pradesh - 2x660 MW
 Meja, Uttar Pradesh - 2x660 MW
 Sholapur – 2x660 MW
 New Nabinagar-3x660 MW
 Many more projects including 800 MW ultra super critical
units under consideration
 USC UNITS UNDER BULK TENDERING
• Sholapur:2x660 MW

• Meja: 2x660 MW

• New Nabi Nagar:3x660 MW

• Mauda-II: 2x660 MW

• Raghunathpur(DVC):2x660 MW
 NTPC Studying Induction of Ultra
Supercritical technology
International Scenario of Supercritical Technology

SUB- SUPERCRITICAL ULTRA SUPERCRITICAL

CRITICAL 382-700/720
Parameters

285-630/650

285-600-620
R&D-
Advance

Under Induction
245-580/600

Already Inducted
Super critical 245/540/540 USC
Subcritical 245/540/565
170
K/540oC/540o

Mature
Technology

1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s

Year
Ultra Super Critical Plants- Efficiency Gains

Efficiency Comparison
(Assuming Const. Boiler Efficiency=87.5%)
1.4 %
gain over
BarhII
43.00

42.09 2.5%
42.00 41.64
41.05 gain over
% P la n t E ffic ie n c y )

41.00 BarhII
39.61
40.00
38.71
39.00

38.00

37.00
Sub critical Super critical 247/565/593 USC USC
(170/357/537) (247/537/565) (247/ 600/ 610) (310/600/610)

Major advantage of using USC is improved efficiency

(More than 15% gain in efficiency over Subcritical)
 Conclusion

• Coal has been and shall remain the main

fuel for power generation.
• Improvement of efficiency and clean power
generation by adoption of Supercritical /
Ultra Supercritical and other advanced
technologies etc.
 What is USC Technology?
List of some of the USC plants
in the world
USC Technology (No standard definition)
S.N. Power station Capacity Steam
Japan (MW) parameters

MSP :Above super critical 1 Niederaussem K

(Germany)
950 265/576/600

MS and HRH Steam Temp > 565 OC 2 Yohuan 1&2 (China) 1000 268/600/600
3 Wai Gao Qiao 3 (China) 1000 275/600/600
Demark
MSP > 27.5MPa 4 Yohuan 3&4 (China) 1000 268/600/600
5 Boxberg (Germany) 670 272/596/608
PR China 6 Moorburg (Germany) 820 271/597/608
MSP >27MPa 7 Neurath 1-2 (Germany) 1100 295/600/605

Most Common 8 Nordjyland (Denmark) 400 296/580/580

MS/HRH Temp>590 deg.C 10 Avedoere 2 (Denmark) 300/580/600

450
11 Bexbach 2 (Germany) 750 306/578/600

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 Advantages of USC parameters
1.4 % 2.5%
gain over gain over
BarhII BarhII

Efficiency Comparison
(Assuming Const. Boiler Efficiency=86%)

Higher efficiency 42.00 41.36

resulting in : 41.00 40.24

% P la n t E ffic ien c y
• Fuel Savings 40.00 38.93
38.05
• Lower APC 39.00

• Reduced CO2
38.00

• Lower SOx/NOx
37.00

36.00

• Smaller BoP Sub critical

(170/537/537)
Super critical
(247/537/565)
247/565/593 USC
(310/600/610)

Major advantage of using USC is improved efficiency

(More than 15% gain in efficiency over 200 MW Subcritical plants)
 TOTAL
ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER / MW
STATION CAPACITY
DESIGNER SUPPLIER RATING
(MW)
GE GE 62.5 TTPS-I (4 x 62.5 MW) 250
LMZ BHEL 100 BTPS -I (3 x 100MW) 300
SKODA BHEL 110 TTPS-II (2 x 110 MW) 660
TANDA (4 x 110MW)
ANSALDO ANSALDO 200 RSTPP-I (3 x 200MW) 600
LMZ LMZ 210 VSTPP - I (6 x 210 MW) 2100
KHSTPP-I (4 x 210MW)
BTPS-II (2 x 210MW)
LMZ BHEL 200 / 210 1420
SSTPS-I (5 x 200MW)
KWU BHEL 200 / 210 KSTPS-I (3 x 200MW) 2880
FSTPS-I (3 x 200MW)
DADRI TPS-I (4 x 210MW)
FGUTPS-I (4 x 210MW)
KWU BHEL 500 SSTPS-II (2 x 500MW) 13500
KSTPS-II (3 x 500MW)
RSTPS-II , III (4 x 500MW)
FSTPS-II (2 x 500MW)
VSTPS-II, III (3 x 500MW)
SIMHADRI STPS (2 x 500MW)
TSTPS - II (4 x 500MW)
RhSTPS-II (2 x 500 MW)
KhSTPS-II (3 x 500MW)
SIPAT STPS- II ( 2 x 500MW)
GEC GEC 500 RHSTPS-I (2 x 500 MW) 1000
ABB ABB 500 TSTPP-I (2 x 500 MW) 1000