BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED

Heavy Power Equipment Plant

RAMACHANDRAPURAM :: HYDERABAD-502032 (INDIA)
Phone No. 040-23182163 : Fax No: 040-23020214
E-mail: [email protected]

PULVERISER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Ref: HY/PULV.ENGG./OP/2006 Date: 01/12/2006

WEB ENQUIRY

Dear Sir,

Sub:- Development of Software module for Knowledge based

Engineering of Pulverisers Design , BOWL MILL & BALL
TUBE MILL” – Tender Invitation – Reg.

Please find enclosed Tender Notification No.BHEL:HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001/ HY on

the above subject along with Section-1: Vendor Qualifying Criteria, Section-2: Terms &
conditions and Section-3: Technical requirements. We request you to kindly submit your best
commercial offer for the above project with in the due date indicated in the Tender Notice.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,
For Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Hyd.

T.Mohan Rao
DGM/Pulv.Engg./OP

Encl: as above
 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED
RAMACHANDRAPURAM :: HYDERABAD-502032

Notice Inviting Tender (NIT)

Tender Notification No. : BHEL-HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY

Date of NIT Issue : 01/12/2006

Tender Due Date : 27/12/2006

1. This is Notice Inviting Tender for tender notification No. BHEL-HYD-PUL: K-BM-04-001/
HY for the development of customized software module for “Knowledge based
Engineering of Pulverisers Design of A) BOWL MILL , B) BALL TUBE MILL
C) BOWL MILL + BALL TUBE MILL ” .

2. Bidders shall read carefully the enclosed documents that comprise this Tender :
• Section-I : Vendor Qualifying Criteria
• Section-II: Terms and Conditions
• Section-III: Technical Specifications.

3. The offers shall be in complete accordance with Vendor Qualifying Criteria, Terms
and Conditions and Technical Specifications enclosed herewith without any deviation.

4. Any clarifications or pre-bid meeting may be sought by Bidder from the undersigned with
due written requests before 10 (ten) days prior to Tender Due Date.

5. The offers should be in two-part bid (i.e part-I: Techno-commercial bid and part-II:Price
bid).

6. Sealed Tenders shall be addressed to the undersigned and the envelope shall be super scribed
with Tender Notification Number, signature & stamp of the Bidder and the Tender due
date.

7. The Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned at his office at BHEL, RCPuram,
Hyderabad upto 14.00 hrs on the tender due date. The techno-commercial bid (i.e part-I of
the offer) will be opened on the same date at 15.00 hrs in presence of the Bidders or their
authorized representatives who choose to be present.

8. During the course of finalization of Tender and Award of Contract, the Bidder shall
promptly and completely respond to all clarifications sought by the undersigned and attend
any meeting on the date & time called by the undersigned with written intimation to the
Bidder.

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9. BHEL reserves the right to reject / cancel any tender or part thereof or all the tenders without
assigning any reason.

(T.Mohan Rao)
DGM/Pulv. Engg./OP

Mailing Address :

T.MOHAN RAO.
Dy GENERAL MANAGER
Pulv. Engineering Dept.
TIC Building, opp 02 canteen,
BHEL, Ramachandrapuram,
Hyderabad-502032
Phone : 040 – 2318 2163
E-mail : [email protected]
 BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED
RAMACHANDRAPURAM :: HYDERABAD-502032

Tender Notification No. : BHEL-HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001/HY Dated 01/12/2006

SECTION-1 : VENDOR QUALIFYING CRITERIA

1.1 Bidders who meet all the following qualifying criteria are only required to quote
for this work.

1.1.1 Vendors having proven and established experience for at least last three years in
delivering services similar to the works under consideration in this tender.
1.1.2 Vendors with a minimum annual turnover of Rs. 200 lakhs.
1.1.3 Vendors willing to take up work on-site (i.e at BHEL, RC Puram, Hyderabad)
1.1.4 Vendors willing to execute this contract using their own software, hardware and
manpower requirements.
1.1.5 Before submission of Bid, vendors should have demonstrated their capability to
take up this assignment, through presentation and interactions to the satisfaction of
BHEL.

1.2 The bidder shall give full information in respect of the following. Information is
to be furnished in the prescribed formats. Non-submission of this information
may lead to rejection of the offer.

1.2.1 ANNEXURE-A :

Company details & financial soundness, PAN , PF Code Number etc.

1.2.2 ANNEXURE-B :

A statement giving particulars of the various services rendered / in progress for similar
works by the bidder- indicating the particulars of each work, the site location, the
duration, date of completion etc.

1.2.3 ANNEXURE-C :

Declaration regarding submission of the true & complete information, due authorization
and non-disclosure of BHEL proprietary information.

Note:

All the data that is required as per this section needs to be furnished neatly typed,
signed and stamped in the given formats only. Wherever necessary, documentary proof
also needs to be enclosed. In the absence of the above information, the tender may be
considered as incomplete and is liable for rejection.
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RAMACHANDRAPURAM :: HYDERABAD-502032

Tender Notification No. : BHEL-HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

SECTION-2 : TERMS & CONDITIONS

1. General Instructions :

1.1 TWO-PART BID :

1.1.1 The offer shall be submitted in a sealed envelop which would contain two separate
sealed envelopes as (i) Technical & Commercial Bid and (ii) Price Bid.

1.1.2 The Technical & Commercial bid should contain (i) vendor qualification forms duly
filled, signed & stamped (see ANNEXURE A, B & C) (ii) confirmation of compliance to
all terms & conditions (iii) technical offer in detail for the entire scope of the work as
given in the Technical Specification. The technical proposal should cover the following,
but not limited to:
a) Clear understanding of complete scope of work and deliverables with respect to
product information and automation requirements given.
b) Development methodology and all software programs / packages required to be used
for the development of the software module.
c) Proposed work schedule with duration so that total duration of the project does not
exceed specified delivery period.
d) Clear understanding of the working modalities and bidder should indicate computer
systems & manpower proposed to be deployed at BHEL for this project.
e) Assumptions / deviations with respect to the technical specs, if any, and expected
technical inputs from BHEL team during the project execution.

1.1.3 The price bid should be identical to technical bid but with price details as per the Price
Schedule format (see ANNEXURE-D). Bidder must indicate prices for all the items
indicated in the Price Schedule. In addition, the total price of contract also should be
clearly indicated. All prices should be firm for the duration of the contract. All applicable
duties and taxes shall be clearly indicated in the offer. The tariff rates as applicable on the
date of bid shall be specified. Wording like “Extra as applicable” or “as applicable at the
time of dispatch”, etc will not be acceptable.

1.2 Each sealed envelop should be super-scribed with the type of bid (Technical or Price),
Tender Notification number and bidder’s name, stamp & signature. Both these envelops
should be submitted through one covering sealed envelop super scribing the Tender
Notification number and bidder’s name, stamp & signature.

1.3 The sealed Bids shall be submitted on or before the time & date specified & shall be
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addressed to the official as mentioned in the Notice Inviting Tender. Tenders submitted by
post shall be sent preferably as “REGISTERED POST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT DUE /
SPEED POST” and shall be posted with due allowance for any postal delay. The tenders
received after the due date and time of opening are liable to be rejected. Tenders received
through e-mail / fax will not be considered.

1.4 Bidder must fill up all the schedules and furnish all the required information as per the
instructions given in various sections of the tender specification. Each and every page of
the Tender Specification must be SIGNED, STAMPED AND SUBMITTED
ALONGWITH THE OFFER by the Bidder in token of complete acceptance there of. The
information furnished shall be complete in itself.

1.5 The Bidder shall quote the PRICES in English Language and international numerals. These
rates shall be entered in figures as well as in words. In case of difference in rates between
words and figures, THE LESSER OF THE TWO will be treated as valid for the purpose of
the tender, the metric system of units shall be used.

1.6 All entries in the tender shall either be typed or be written in ink. Erasures and overwriting
are not permitted and may render such tenders liable to rejection. The Bidder shall duly
attest all cancellations and insertions.

1.7 Conditional and unsigned tenders, tenders containing absurd or unworkable rates and
amounts, tenders which are incomplete or otherwise considered defective and tenders not in
accordance with the tender conditions, specifications, etc., are liable to be rejected.

1.8 Tenders shall be signed by persons duly authorized / empowered to do so. Certified copies
of such authority and relevant documents shall be submitted along with the tenders.

1.9 Should a Bidder or, in the case of a Firm or Company, its Partner(s) / major Shareholder(s)/
Director(s) have relation(s) employed in BHEL, the authority inviting tender shall be
informed of the fact along with the offer. Otherwise, BHEL may, at its sole discretion,
reject the tender or cancel the contract at any stage of the contract.

2. Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) :

2.1 In compliance with BHEL Works Policy 2003, Earnest Money is to be paid by each
tenderer. The bidders for this Tender have to pay an EMD of Rs. 1,00,000 (Rs One Lakh
only) along with offer. EMD can be paid in cash at BHEL Cash Office or through DD in
favour of BHEL, Ramachandrapuram, payable at Hyderabad. The Cash Receipt issued by
BHEL Cash Office (in case of cash payment) / Demand Draft issued by a Scheduled Bank
shall be submitted along with offer.

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2.2 Offers without EMD will be rejected.

2.3 EMD will be returned to unsuccessful vendors normally within fifteen days of acceptance
of award of contract by the successful Bidder.

2.4 EMD will not carry any interest.

2.5 EMD by the Bidder will be forfeited if,

2.5.1 After opening the tender, the Bidder revokes his tender within the validity period or
increases his earlier quoted rates.

2.5.2 The successful Bidder does not commence the work within the period as specified
in the LOI / Contract. In case the LOI / Contract is silent in this regard then within
15 days after award of contract.

3. Scope of Tender :

3.1 This tender is for design, development, supply, installation, commissioning, testing and
demonstration of the software module as per the requirements identified by BHEL in the
enclosed Technical Specification (Section-III).

3.2 The vendor should identify areas in which their solutions conform to open standards and
areas that are proprietary in nature. Justification about proprietary components in terms of
functionality, up-gradability and performance shall be given.

3.3 The software development will be carried out at BHEL, RC Puram. BHEL will only
provide necessary work place and the basic infrastructure for installation of vendor’s
computers. All the necessary software / hardware and manpower requirements are to be
taken care of by the Bidder. All other expenses towards logistics and incidentals including
lodging, boarding, travel etc. incurred for execution of this contract will be borne by the
Vendor.

4. Pre-Bid Clarifications :

4.1 The Bidder shall closely peruse all the clauses, specifications and drawings indicated in the
Tender Documents before submission of their bid. Any clarifications on the tender
specifications can be sought from the authority inviting the tender, up to 10 (Ten) days
before last date of submission of the tender.

5. Validity of Offer and Evaluation :

5.1 The offer shall be kept open for acceptance for a period of 90 days from the date of
opening of tender. The Technical cum Commercial Bid only will be opened on the due date
mentioned in the enquiry.
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5.2 In case of minor changes in scope and / or technical specifications or commercial terms,
having price implications, technically accepted bidders shall be asked to submit their
revised offer inline with the revised scope and terms & conditions.

5.3 Price Bids of only the Qualified and Technically acceptable bidders will be opened.

5.4 In case BHEL calls for negotiations, such negotiations shall not amount to cancellation or
withdrawal of the original offer, which shall be binding, on the Bidder. All expenses for
attending such negotiations are to be borne by the bidder.

5.5 The total price for entire scope of work will be considered for bid evaluation. The entire
work covered in this Tender shall be entrusted to a single vendor satisfying the qualifying
criteria.

5.6 The successful vendor shall attend the office of the Official as mentioned in the Notice
Inviting Tender on the date fixed by the Official through a written intimation. The vendor
shall forthwith accept award of the contract and complete the execution of the agreement
by signing all documents connected therewith. The required Security Deposit (SD) amount
shall also be paid at the time of award of the contract.

6. Security Deposit (SD) :

6.1 The successful Bidder shall pay Security Deposit (SD) at the time of acceptance of the
award of contract based on the total contract price as per rates given below :
(a) Upto Rs. 10 lakhs : 10%
(b) Above Rs. 10 lakhs upto Rs.50 lakhs: 1 lakh + 7.5% of amount exceeding Rs. 10 lakhs.
(c) Above Rs. 50 lakhs : Rs. 4 lakhs + 5% of amount exceeding Rs. 50 lakhs.

6.2 EMD of successful bidder will be adjusted against SD

6.3 SD will be returned along with the final bill of vendor at the end of contract period. Any
penalties or dues from the vendor will be adjusted against the bill or from SD.

6.4 SD will be forfeited if the contract is abandoned by the vendor during the contract period.

6.5 SD will not carry any interest.

7. Intellectual Property Rights :

7.1 Vendor shall treat all information that is generated in connection with this assignment as
absolutely confidential. All information, analysis, reports and recommendations both in the
form of hard copy or on electronic media will be the property of BHEL and must not be
used by the vendor for any purpose other than this assignment. All bidders are required to
sign non-disclosure agreement with BHEL. On award of the contract, all personnel of the
Vendor assigned to and working on the development work has to sign BHEL’s ‘3rd Party
Non-Disclosure Agreement’ as given in Annexure-E.
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7.2 Vendor shall indemnify BHEL any copyright or legal liabilities that may arise in use of the
developed software or the methodology / models / techniques used by the vendor in
development / implementation of the software module.

7.3 In the event that the services are to be provided by Vendor in connection with software
programmes and related documentation supplied by BHEL in relation to which rights may
be owned by third parties, vendor shall warrant and represent that :

7.3.1 BHEL has all necessary permissions, express or otherwise, to enable the software
programmes and documentation to be copied or otherwise used by Vendor during the
course of the services without infringing any third party copyright, patent or trade secret;

7.3.2 In providing the services Vendor will not be infringing the rights of any third parties;

7.3.3 The disclosures or use of the software programmes and documentation during the course
of services will not involve the breach of any confidential or contractual relationship.

7.4 All source code as well as other deliverables generated under this works will become the
property of BHEL.

8. Completion of Contract:

8.1 Vendor shall deliver the complete scope of work within 36 weeks from the date of award of
contract and as per the time schedule approved during award of the contract.

8.2 The Vendor will use reasonable care and skill in providing the services and will be
responsible for the quality of workmanship and accuracy of the deliverables. Vendor shall
implement in-house quality control and shall carry out 100% quality checks before
submitting to BHEL for acceptance.

8.3 The Contract shall be considered successfully completed upon acceptance of deliverables
by the BHEL Project Leader. The BHEL Project Leader shall be specified at the time of
award of the Contract to successful Bidder.

8.4 Vendor will be responsible for adherence to the material movement and security
procedures of BHEL.

8.5 Vendor shall not utilize services of BHEL employees for carrying out contract jobs.
In case of violation of this condition, the contract will be terminated without any notice.

9. Guarantee Period :

9.1 The developed software shall be guaranteed for trouble-free operation for a period of 12
months from its acceptance and installation at BHEL. In case of any defects observed
during the operation of this module during this period, the Vendor shall render their
services at no additional cost for repair / rectification of the same.
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10. Terms of Payment :

10.1 No Advance Payments will be made.

10.2 Payment shall be made after certification issued by BHEL Project Leader regarding the
successful completion of scope of work as per the Payment Milestones, if any, specified in
the Contract. The BHEL Project Leader shall be specified at the time of award of the
Contract to successful Bidder.

10.3 Vendor shall submit the invoices to BHEL Project Leader within ten (10) days from the
date of successful completion of job.

10.4 Payments will be released within ninety (90) days from the date of receipt of invoices
from the vendor.

11. Penalty Clause :

11.1 Penalty at the rate of 0.5% per week to a maximum of 10% of the order value will be
levied for the late delivery of the job as per certification of the BHEL Project Leader.

11.2 The penalty will be evaluated only at the final delivery completion payment and not at
individual payment milestones, if any.

12. Arbitration and Jurisdiction:

12.1 In case of any unresolved disputes between the vendor and BHEL with regard to the
supplies, same shall, after a written notice to the other party, be referred to sole
arbitration of the General Manager of BHEL or his nominee. The Arbitration shall be
conducted in accordance with the provisions of the current version of Indian Arbitration
and Conciliation Act 1996. The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both
the parties to the contract.

12.2 The venue of arbitration shall be at BHEL, Hyderabad and courts at Hyderabad and
Sangareddy shall have jurisdiction.

12.3 The contract shall be governed by the Laws of India.

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Tender Notification No. : BHEL-HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

ANNEXURE-A

VENDOR EVALUATION FORM

Sl. No BHEL Requirement Vendor Response

1 Name & Address of the Vendor (Company)

2 Details of Authorised Signatory to Bid :

Name
Designation
Phone (Office)
FAX (Office)
Mobile No. (if applicable)
E-mail address

3 Enclose Company Profile covering areas of YES / NO

business, facilities and manpower, Client list,
Partner’s / Board of Director’ names & address
etc
4 Minimum Annual Turnover of Rs. 200 Lakhs YES / NO

5 Enclose audited Profit and Loss account and YES / NO

Balance Sheet for last three years (indicate No.
of sheets)

6 Income Tax Permanent Account Number PAN

(relevant document enclosed)
YES / NO
7 Provident Fund Code Number PF No.
(relevant document enclosed)
YES / NO
8 Proven and established experience for at least YES / NO
last three years in the delivering services similar
to the works under consideration

9 Details of experience (Annexure-B) enclosed YES / NO

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Sl. No BHEL Requirement Vendor Response

10 Willing to take up work on-site (i.e at BHEL, YES / NO

RC Puram, Hyderabad ) with required computer
hardware, software & manpower

11 Address and contact details of Office / Branch

for close interaction with BHEL during work
execution

12 Declaration sheet (as per Annexure-C) by YES / NO

Authorised Signatory to Bid enclosed

13 EMD Payment :
BHEL Receipt Number / Date
OR
DD Number / Date / Bank
14 Receipt / DD enclosed YES / No

Vendor’s Name & Address

Name & Signature of the Bidder
(Seal)
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Tender Notification No. : BHEL-HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

ANNEXURE-B

SIMILAR JOBS EXECUTED IN PAST THREE YEARS

SL. AGENCY BY WHOM PARTICULARS OF THE WORKS CONTRACT DURATION OF DATE OF

NO AWARDED AWARDED VALUE THE PROJECT COMPLETION

Vendor’s Name & Address

Name & Signature of the Bidder
(Seal)
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Tender Notification No. : BHEL-HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

ANNEXURE-C

DECLARATION

I/We, ______________________________________________ hereby certify that, all

the information and data furnished by me with regard to this Tender Notification BHEL:HYD-
PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006 are true and complete to the best of my
knowledge. I have gone through the specification, conditions and stipulations in detail and
agree to comply with the requirements and intent of specification.

I/We, further certify that I am / we are the duly authorized representative(s) of the under
mentioned tenderer and a valid power of attorney to this effect is also enclosed.

I/We, hereby declare that I/We shall treat the tender documents, drawings, specifications and
other records connected with the work as secret/confidential and shall not communicate
information / derived there from to any persons other than a person to whom I/We am/are
authorized to communicate the same or use the information in any manner prejudicial to the
safety of the same.

Vendor’s Name & Address

Name & Signature of the Bidder
(Seal)
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Tender Notification No. : BHEL:HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

ANNEXURE-D

PRICE SCHEDULE

Rs. ___________________
A) BOWL MILL MODULE
(In words:)Rupees ______
Rs. ___________________
B) BALL TUBE MILL MODULE
(In words:)Rupees ______
Rs. ___________________
C) BOWL MILL + BALL TUBE MILL
MODULE (In words:)Rupees ______

Vendor’s Name & Address Name , Signature & Office Seal of the Bidder
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Tender Notification No. : BHEL:HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

ANNEXURE-E

THIRD PARTY NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

I, ____________________, on behalf of the __________________

(Name of Company), acknowledge that the information received or
generated, directly or indirectly, while working with BHEL on
contract is confidential and that the nature of the business of
the BHEL is such that the following conditions are reasonable,
and therefore:

I warrant and agree as follows:

I, or any other personnel employed or engaged by our company,

agree not to disclose, directly or indirectly, any information
related to the BHEL. Without restricting the generality of the
foregoing, it is agreed that we will not disclose such
information consisting but not necessarily limited to:

• Technical information: Methods, drawings, processes,

formulae, compositions, systems, techniques,
inventions, computer programs/data/configuration and
research projects.

• Business information: Customer lists, project

schedules, pricing data, estimates, financial or
marketing data,

On conclusion of contract, I, or any other personnel employed

or engaged by our company shall return to BHEL all documents
and property of BHEL, including but not necessarily limited to:
drawings, blueprints, reports, manuals, computer
programs/data/configuration, and all other materials and all
copies thereof relating in any way to BHEL's business, or in
any way obtained by me during the course of contract. I further
agree that I, or any others employed or engaged by our company
shall not retain copies, notes or abstracts of the foregoing.

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This obligation of confidence shall continue after the

conclusion of the contract also.

I acknowledge that the aforesaid restrictions are necessary and

fundamental to the business of the BHEL, and are reasonable
given the nature of the business carried on by the BHEL. I
agree that this agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of country.

I enter into this agreement totally voluntarily, with full

knowledge of its meaning, and without duress.

Dated at ________________, this ____ day of _____, 20__.

Name:

Company:

Signature:
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Tender Notification No. : BHEL:HYD-PUL:K-BM-04-001 / HY Dated 01/12/2006

SECTION-3 :

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

1.0 INTENT OF SPECIFICATION

Procurement of custom-built KBE software module for “automation of Pulveriser

Design of (A) Bowl Mill and (B) Ball Tube Mill C) Bowl Mill + Ball Tube Mill ” for
BHEL Hyderabad.

2.0 INTRODUCTION ABOUT BHEL & PULVERISER DIVISION

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.(BHEL) is a premier Govt of India undertaking and

ranks among the top ten power generation equipment manufacturers in the world.
BHEL manufactured and supplied (aprox.) 70% of power generation equipment in
India .

Large capacity coal pulverizing Mills like Bowl Mills, Ball Tube Mills, Ball & Race
Mills are essential to meet the Thermal Power Plant operation. The Bowl Mills, Ball
Tube Mills in different capacities are engineered and manufactured at BHEL
Hyderabad Unit.

These Pulverisers are supplied as a part of Boiler Auxiliary in the power station
equipment package to various important customers like NTPC, State Electricity
Boards and power generation companies of various states.

3.0 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

The Pulverisers are primarily meant to pulverize coal to a fine powder for combusting
instantly and efficiently in the furnace of a power plant. These Pulverisers are custom
built to suit the specific Coal characteristics available for the specific project
requirements, operating parameters and site layout conditions of each plant.

The two basic types of pulverisers manufactured by BHEL are I. BOWL MILL and
II. BALL TUBE MILL

I. THE BOWL MILL :

The pre crushed Coal is fed to the center of the pulveriser on to a revolving bowl.
Centrifugal force causes the coal to travel towards the perimeter of the bowl. The coal
passes between the bull ring and the grinding rolls, which impart the pressure

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necessary for grinding. The partially ground coal continuous outward and over the
edge of the bowl.
Hot air enters the mill side air inlet housing below the bowl and is directed
upward around the bowl outside diameter and separator body annulus, by the rotating
vane. It continues upward and into the deflector openings in the classifier at the top of
the inner cone, then out through the venturi and multiple port outlet assembly. As the
air passes upward around the bowl, it picks up the partially pulverized coal particles
are carried up through the deflector openings of the classifier. The deflector blades in
the openings cause the coal - air mixture to spin within the inner cone. The angle of
the blades determines the velocity of the spin and the resulting fineness of the finished
product. Heavier pulverised coal are returned through the inside of the inner cone to
the bowl for further grinding. Coal that is pulverised to the desired fineness leaves the
pulveriser and enters the fuel piping system.

Any tramp iron or dense, difficult to grind foreign material in the coal feed is carried
over the top of the bowl, where it drops through the air stream and rotating vanes to
the mill bottom. Pivoted scrapers attached to the bowl hub sweep the tramp iron or
other material to the tramp iron discharge opening. The tramp iron spout is fitted with
a valve. Under normal operation this valve remains open and material is discharged
into a sealed pyrites hopper. The valve is closed only while the hopper is being
emptied.

II. BALL TUBE MILL:

Ball tube mill is a horizontal shell closed with end shields , fixed with trunions on
either ends and support journal bearings. These mills are manufactured and supplied
for Pulverization of the Raw coal. These mills are of Low Speed type and known as
Horizontal Ball Tube Mills also.

PRINCIPLES OF GRINDING IN THE BBD MILLS:

The BBD Mills consists of two perfectly symmetrical grinding circuits. Each circuit
can be described as follows:

The Coal is taken from the bunker by a raw coal feeder. The feed rate to the mill is
controlled by varying the Feeder speed. At the feeder discharge the coal falls into a
mixing box where it is pre-dried by the hot bypass air. The coal then enters the mill
through the Conveyor body and trunion tube. The screw conveyor pushes the coal into
the mill by its rotational movement. The movement of the balls inside the rotating mill
body then pulverizes the coal.

The hot primary air is introduced into the mill through the central tube of the
conveyor. It completes the coal drying and carries the pulverized coal out of the mill
via the trunnion annulus around the central tube, counter to the direction of raw coal
feeding to the mill.
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The Pulverized coal and primary air mixed with the by-pass air from the mixing box
enter the classifier installed above the mills, often provided at the feeder level.

The double cone type classifier is fitted with adjustable vanes to regulate the
pulverized coal particle size to the required value. The large grains of coal fall back
by gravity into the conveyor body inlet pipe, where they mix with the raw coal and are
re-pulverized. The finely ground coal, suspended in the primary air, is transported
from the classifier outlet to the burners, where it is injected into the furnace and
burned. Grinding takes place by the impact & friction of the balls on the raw coal .

PRINCIPLE OF CONTROL
The flow of ground coal in the BBD mill is controlled by adjusting the flow of primary
air through the mill.

The air-to-coal ratio remains steady whatever the load in the mill. This means that, if
at a given load it is desirable to increase the flow of pulverized coal at the mill outlet,
it is sufficient to give an opening order to the primary air through mill damper and
instantaneously the flow of air, and thus the entrained pulverized coal will increase.
This feature is specific to the BBD and provides extremely short response times,
permitting boiler load variation speeds as high as those obtained in boilers burning
liquid or gaseous fuels.

This steady air-to-coal ratio in the mill leads to low velocities at low loads. Thus, to
facilitate transport of the pulverized coal through the piping, an additional air (called
by-pass air) is added which maintains the optimum total airflow in the piping, no
matter what the mill load is.

The auto control of airflow to mill combines both the advantages of the use of by-pass
air:

Automatic control optimizes the by-pass air quantity at all times to keep the pulverized
coal pre- drying air at the required value and also maintain optimum velocities in the
piping at any mill load.

This bypass air is used for pre-drying of the raw coal and it is introduced into a mixing
box together with the raw coal. After pre-drying, the bypass air joins the air through
mill at the conveyor body outlet, before entering the classifier.

For the BBD mill to operate correctly, it is necessary for the amount of coal in it to
remain steady whatever be the flow of pulverized coal out of the mill. To achieve this,
an independent control loop measures the amount of coal inside the mill and regulates
the feeders speed accordingly.
The amount of the coal in the mill is measured either by noise monitoring (the more
the coal in the mill, the less noise it makes) or by monitoring the pressure differential,
which is a reflection of the dust concentration inside the mill (the more the coal in the
mill, that is in pulverised form, the higher the pressure differential)
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The shell is fabricated from a plate material and the supporting / guiding components
are mostly castings .The other ducting components are sheet metal/ plates. A typical
cross-sectional assembly drawing of the Pulverizers showing the major components
are enclosed as Annexure-1.

4.0 PULVERISERS DESIGN METHODOLGY PRESENTLY FOLLOWED

i.BHEL has got a library of basic Pulveriser models. The sizes of these Pulveriser
models are scaled up / down, using certain manual design calculations, to meet the
specific needs of a particular application.

ii.For a particular application an in-house developed software FORTRAN program is

used to get a set of alternate models, each with a different quality of coal and size
factor. The most optimum model is then selected manually from among these
alternatives, based on certain design criteria like Boiler size, Coal quality & quantity.

iii.The size (scale) factor of the selected model is used to compute the dimensions of the
Pulveriser components.

iv.The relevant components are selected manually for the type of mill & each element is
then finalized.

v.The sizes of the components are selected manually based on the mill, size.

vi. The selected mill predicted performance is calculated using coal characteristic
curves , quantity of air flow and coal air velocity ,a computer program based on
the Coal quantities for different calorific values and different types of coals.

vii. Other “bought-out” items like suitable castings ,Forgings , Worm Shaft , Worm
Gear , Planetary Gearbox , Speed reduction Gear box, Auxiliary Gear box ,
Lubrication System , Girth Gear & Pinion etc are selected manually from the
standard data base.

viii. Detailed 2D drawings are generated on Auto Cad for the individual components,
sub- assemblies and the main Pulveriser assembly.

ix. Bill of materials / parts list is generated on the LAN computer systems.

5.0 LIMITATIONS OF PRESENT DESIGN METHODOLOGY

a) As the Pulverisers are custom built to suit the specific design parameters and
site layout vary for each station, all the steps mentioned at 4.0 above are to be
repeated for every project.

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b) Some of the present design processes are based on in-house developed software
programs, while others are carried out using manual calculations. This activity
takes a long cycle time for each project.

c) In view of the need to cater to different customers simultaneously, sometimes it

is getting difficult to meet the tight project schedules.

6.0 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROPOSED “AUTOMATED DESIGN

MODULE”

a) Integration of individual design steps into a unified, automated module for the
selection, design and generation of detailed drawings for the complete Bowl
Mill and Ball Tube Mill.

b) Reduction of engineering cycle time

c) To maintain accuracy and consistency in the design documentation for all

projects.

d) Standardization of pulveriser design for a specific model

e) Development of a methodology and software program for new mill size

designing .

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7.0 THE EXISTING PULVERIZER TYPES

XRP BOWL MILL EXISTING SIZES ,CAPACITIES & MOTOR RATING

FAMILY MILL SIZE BASE MAX AIR INPUT TO MOTOR SERVIE
(INCHES) CAPACITY FLOW MOTOR FACTOR
(T/Hr) (Lb/Min) (KW)
60 XRP 603 16.7 950 146 1
XRP 623 18.37 1060 160 1.15

70 XRP 683 24.04 1325 209 1

XRP 703 26.3 1450 229 1.15

80 XRP 763 33.79 1925 260 1

XRP 783 36.5 2000 273 1.15
XRP 803 39.68 2180 295 1

90 XRP 883 51.03 2820 365 1.15

XRP 903 53.97 3050 387 1.15
XRP 923 56.92 3140 408 1.15
XRP 943 59.87 3300 429 1

100 XRP 963 62.59 3480 448 1

XRP 983 65.31 3600 468 1.15
XRP 1003 68.03 3750 487 1.15

110 XRP 1043 77.11 4250 552 1.15

BHEL 280 90.71 5000 650 1.15

EXISTING BALL TUBE MILL SIZES

MILL SIZE BASE CAPACITY MAX.CAPACITY MOTOR

T/HR T/HR RATING
(Kw)
BBD 3448 30.5 40.0 770

BBD 4760 70.0 90.0 2150

BBD 4772 80 .0 110.0 2400

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Enclosure : Typical Cross-sectional assembly drawing of Pulverisers indicating

major parts.

XRP BOWL MILL

FIG-I
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8.0 THE MAJOR SUB-ASSEMBLIES OF A BOWL MILL
BOWL MILL FLOW CHART

1. ROLLER JOURNAL ASSY M/C - 47

SD - 41
DRGs - 44

2a. MILL DRIVE & BOWL ASSY M/C – 213

SD – 170
2b.PLENATORY GEAR BOX ASSY DRGs - 98

3. MILL SIDE & LINER ASSY M/C – 106

SD – 41
DRGs - 36

4. SEPERATOR BODY ASSY M/C – 126

SD – 81
DRGs - 108

5. MILL DISCHARGE VALVE ASSY M/C – 78

SD – 50
DRGs - 54

6. TRAMP IRON SPOUT ASSY M/C – 05

SD –0 5
DRGs - 06

7. PYRITES HOPPER ASSY M/C – 7

SD –0 8
DRGs - 08

8. MOTOR & COUPLING M/C – 10

SD – 03
DRGs - 03

9. SEAL AIR ASSY M/C – 38

SD – 35
DRGs - 23
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Abbr: M/C – Machined components, SD – Bought-out components

P F OUTLET
BOX

CLASSIFIER
CONNECTING
DUCT
INTERNAL CONE
CLASSIFIER
REFUSAL BOX VANE ASSY
LOWER PART OF
INTERNAL CONE

SOUND HOOD MILL BODY

REFUSAL DUCT
CONVEYOR BODY
LINERS
SCREW CONVEYOR
GIRARTH GEAR

GIRARTH GEAR HOT AIR BOX

HOUSING
MAIN REDUCER

GIRTH GEAR
GREASING
MAIN MOTOR
AUXILIARY REDUCER

FIG - II

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9.0 THE MAJOR SUB-ASSEMBLIES OF A BALL TBUE MILL

BALL TUBE MILL ASSY –FLOW CAHRT

MAIN SUPPORT BRG

ASSY M/C-113 , SD-27 MILL BODY ASSY GIRTH GEAR ASSY
DRG s - 74 M/C-55 , SD-47 M/C-8 , SD-12
DRGs - 36 DRGs -1

MAIN LUB OIL SYSTEM

M/C-190 , SD-166 LIFTING CRADLE ASSY GIRTH GEAR HSG
DRGs -29 M/C-16 , SD-6 M/C-88 , SD-22
DRGs - 32 DRGs -3
MLO. PIPING ASSY
M/C-5, SD-51, Drgs-2 GIRTH GEAR
SOUND HOOD GREASING SYTEM
MLO FLUSHING ASSY M/C-1, SD-2, Drg -3
SYSTEM M-991, SD-1,
M/C-02, SD-14, Drgs-1 DRG. -19
GIRTH GEAR SEAL
CONVEYOR ASSY BALL FEEDING AIR FAN
M/C-776, SD-53, ASSY M/C-2, SD-3, Drgs-2
Drgs-237 M/C-83, SD-19,
Drgs-20
DRIVE TRAIN ASSY
CLASSIFIER ASSY M/C-51, SD-29,
M/C-381, SD-49, Drg. 57
Drgs-198

FIRE FIGHTING
DELTA ‘P’ LEVEL CUBICLE SYSTEM
PIPING ASSY. Drgs -1
M/C -1, SD-6, DRG. -4

NOISE LEVEL
MONITORING SYSTEM.
SD-I DRG. -2

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10.0 SCOPE OF WORK INVOLVED IN DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN
MODULE
1) Parameterization of design process

2) Creation of standard / parametric 3D drawings / models of components

3) Creation of Data Bases for Pulveriser models including materials

4) Automation of Pulveriser model & scale factor selection methodology

5) Automation of Pulveriser layout preparation based on Pulveriser type ,

size and type of foundation.

6) Automation of the sizing of Pulveriser components based design logic and

scale factor
7) Automatic generation of 2D drawings for all casting, fabrication ,
manufacturing items and the assembly drawing for complete Pulveriser.

8) Automatic generation of parts list / Bill of materials for the drawings

9) Material indents generation from the model for procurement

10) Animated assembly procedure of all components

11) Providing inputs for generation of CNC codes.

12) Providing inputs for adding 3D drawings to existing E-commerce system

with hotspots

11.0 FLEXIBILITY AND USER FRIENDLINESS OF THE MODULE

11.1 The software module shall be highly interactive in nature. User intervention is to be
permitted at every stage of the design process.

11.2 The software module should have provision for editing / modifying the output
results after every stage by the user.

11.3 The software module should be amenable for modification by BHEL after
installation, if required.

11.4 The software module should be compatible with or able to migrate on new versions
of the software packages used for development / running of the module.

11.5 The software module should be amenable for installation on more than one computer
system, preferably a LAN version.
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12.0 ESTIMATED WORK SCHEDULE

(1) System Design and Project Plan

(2) Development of software program including graphic user interfaces, databases,

libraries of 3-d part/assembly models & drawings, interfaces to other software
as required

(3) Periodic testing of development with participation of BHEL team

(4) Preparation of System Documentation and User Manuals

(5) Training to BHEL users and system administrator

(6) Installation of the developed software on BHEL computer system

(7) Final acceptance testing of installed system by BHEL

Estimated Total duration of project - 24 weeks

13.0 SUGGESTED SOFTWARE PROGRAMS / PACKAGES TO BE USED

System Designing - UGS

3D models & drawings – UGS
Data bases - MS Access / Oracle
Programming / logics - C, C ++
Development of 2D drawings - AutoCAD
Development of Integrated System – UGS Knowledge Fusion sharing
Front end Display - Visual Basic
Operating System - Windows XP Professional
14.0 COMPUTER SOFTWARE & HARDWARE

14.1 All the required computer software (Programs, Packages, etc) and the hardware
(PCs, Printers, Scanners, etc) for development of this module have to be taken care
of by the bidder. BHEL do not have any spare facilities to be extended for this
project. BHEL shall only provide work space and power supply for the equipment.
14.2 The software module is to be completely developed at the BHEL works.

14.3 The developed module shall be installed on BHEL’s computer and its satisfactory
operation demonstrated.
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 14.4 The software module should have provision for editing / modifying the output
results after every stage by the user.

15.0 DELIVERABLES

Design module in CD-RW (Re-writable CD format) along with necessary support

software and 5 sets of Hard copies of all documentation.