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Pallivasal

Pallivasal Power Plant is the first power plant in Kerala, inaugurated in 1940. Water from the Kundala Dam flows through tunnels and penstocks to drive six generators with a total capacity of 34.5 MW. The plant uses a SCADA system to automatically control operations. When a fault occurs, alarms sound and messages display the issue. Generators unload and circuit breakers open for an emergency shutdown.

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Pallivasal

Pallivasal Power Plant is the first power plant in Kerala, inaugurated in 1940. Water from the Kundala Dam flows through tunnels and penstocks to drive six generators with a total capacity of 34.5 MW. The plant uses a SCADA system to automatically control operations. When a fault occurs, alarms sound and messages display the issue. Generators unload and circuit breakers open for an emergency shutdown.

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INTRODUCTION

Pallivasal Power Plant is the first Power Project in Kerala. It was inaugurated in 1940. Though it was started as a 200 kw installation in 1928 ! the Kannan "evan #ill Produce $o.% it was u&graded to large scale &lant later to 'eet the increased de'and for &ower in Kerala. (t &resent the &ower station housed ) generators% three each of * +, each and rest of -.* +, each. The &resent ca&acit! of the &lant is .-.* +ega watts and aug'entation &rojects are going on currentl! to increase the ca&acit! to )0 +,.

Report on Pallivasal Power Plant


,ater for the &ower &lant is o tained fro' +uthira&u/ha 0iver. Kundala "a' checks the flow of the river u&strea' and su&&lies water to +attu&ett! $heck da'. ( 2 +, &lant is installed here. ,ater flows fro' its tail race to the #ead ,orks. #ere the water level has to e 'aintained at *8.) 'eters. If this is e1ceeded% the water overflows and if it is lesser% air 'a! see& into the tunnel% causing tri&&ing of the alternators at &ower &lant. ,ater fro' the #ead ,orks flows through the tunnels to the valve house e2ui&&ed with utter fl! valves. 3our &enstocks start fro' here% out of these two &enstocks s&lit to su&&l! si1 alternators. ,ater fro' the da' co'es through the tunnel and &enstock. (t the inlet of the tur ine% water flow is controlled ! a 'echanical s!ste' consisting of inlet s&herical valve having a 'aintenance seal and service seal. The governor s!ste' consisting of h!draulic controls is regulated ! an o&erator interface through 4$("( 54u&ervisor! $ontrol (nd "ata (c2uisition6. It is a P$ ased Intouch 4oftware which &rovides auto'ated 'eans to control the h!droelectric &lant. 7enerators used are self e1cited ones with rushless e1citations. This consists of &ower diode rectifiers &roviding flu1 for the alternators. 8nce s!nchroni/ing s&eed is achieved the generator fre2uenc!% voltage% 'ust 'atch that of the electrical distri ution s!ste'% the &rocess is called s!nchroni/ation. 8nce

s!nchroni/ed the 'ain circuit reakers closes connecting the generator to the electric s!ste'. The installed ca&acit! of the &lant is .-.* +,. 9ut all the generators are not run at all the ti'es and the desired generators are run as &er the load conditions. ,ater is su&&lied to the Pallivasal injectors through an inlet &i&e connected to the e1isting &enstock. 9etween the injector and inlet &i&e an inlet s&herical valve is used to isolate the unit and even to sto& it for e'ergenc! shutdown. Pallivasal characteristics resulted in the selection of hori/ontal a1is Pelton runner% having 20 uckets for generators 1 to . and seventeen uckets for generators 4 to ). The runners are 'ade of stainless steel for high strength and etter cavitation and a rasion resistance. The first generators &roduce -.*+, each while the other . &roduce *+, each.

PROTECTION

,hen a fault occurs or a warning condition occurs% the horn will e activated and a 'essage on the 4$("( will indicate the cause of the alar'. ,hen sto&&ing a unit% the unit will unload until it reaches a 'ini'u' e1citation value and then the 'ain circuit reakers are o&ened. :'ergenc! o&en can also e used. 7ENERATOR DATA +anufacturer;< (lsto' Power T!&e . &hase Power ***0 k=( 0ated voltage ; 11 k= 0ated current 292 ( Power factor 0.9 4&eed -*0 r&' 3re2uenc! *0 #/

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