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The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Plant is located on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is the largest hydroelectric power project in India with an installed capacity of 1,500 megawatts. The plant uses water from the Sutlej River diverted through a 27.4 km headrace tunnel to turn turbines in an underground powerhouse. The plant faced early issues with high sediment loads damaging equipment. Modifications were made to address sediment, including installing a hard coating facility to protect turbine components from erosion.

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V Nathpa Jhakri Hydroplant

The Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Plant is located on the Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is the largest hydroelectric power project in India with an installed capacity of 1,500 megawatts. The plant uses water from the Sutlej River diverted through a 27.4 km headrace tunnel to turn turbines in an underground powerhouse. The plant faced early issues with high sediment loads damaging equipment. Modifications were made to address sediment, including installing a hard coating facility to protect turbine components from erosion.

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v Nathpa Jhakri HydroPlant

Case study on
Nathpa Jhakri power
plant

NAME : SHARYU VILAS


THORAT
204121067
SEM III
Aim: To study case study of Nathpa Jhakri
Hydropower Plant

 INTRODUCTION :-
NAPTHA JHAKRI
DAM.

Sutlej River in the state of Himachal Pradesh in


northern India. The project is owned by the SJVN
Limited, a joint venture between the government
of India and the government of Nathpa Jhakri is
the largest hydropower project on the Himachal
Pradesh located in Kinnaur and Shimla Districts of
Himachal Pradesh.The primary purpose of the dam
is hydroelectric power production and it supplies a
1,500 mega watts underground power station with
water. the Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power plant is
done by Northern Regional Load Desptch Center.
Construction :-
The civil contract was signed in 1993 required
extensive stabilisation work, and the project had to be
redesigned. Main equipment orders were placed in
March 1994, and substations and other electrical
equipment were ordered in October 1996.
The delay was aggravated by disagreements between
the contractors and the sponsors. The further disruption
came from labour troubles and alleged discrepancies
between the bid documents’ data and actual site
conditions.
Nathpa Jhakri boasts the largest and longest
headrace tunnel, largest desilting chambers,
deepest and largest surge shaft, and the largest
underground power complex. At the October 2001
and March 2002 review missions, the World Bank
commended the phenomenal progress of works at the
project sites and expressed its full satisfaction.
Category - Upstream sediment trapping
Bypass channel/tunnel
Reservoir drawdown and sluicing
Pressure flushing
Empty flushing
Modify operating rule

Reservoir volume: 343 Mm³ (original)


Installed capacity: 1,500 MW
Date of commissioning: 2003
IN Detail :

Nathpa jhakri face problem after


commissioning , this hydropower plant suffered
its first sediment problem in 2004 ,beacouse of
high soil erosion during the snowmelt in
himalays this results we can see into large
sediment loads this can be severly damage
technical equipment of the plants. At the
location of the Nathpa Jhakri project, more
than 40 per cent of the suspended sediment
load has been observed as corresponding to
fine fraction sediment, while only about 20 per
cent corresponds to coarse fraction sediment,
rising to 33 per cent during floods. Often,
landslides heavily increase the sediment
concentration in the river flow.
DAMAGE TURBINE

The Sutlej River is known for its high


sediment loads, and the current mean
annual suspended sediment load is on
the order of 700,000 tons per year.
However, the design sediment load was
estimated at about 430,000 tons per
year due to a lack of historical records
and monitoring in the catchment.
THE
DAM •
This
project has a straight gravity type dam of 62.5m
height on the Satluj River at Nathpa, Kinnaur
district in Himachal Pradesh.
This project is India’s longest Run-off river Hydro-
Power Project.The stored water is diverted into
conduit which runs up to 27.4 km which carries
405 cumecs of water through four intakes.
Different important parts of Dam are Radial Gates,
Spillway Gates, De-silting Chambers, Silt Flashing
Gates, Head Race Tunnel, Surge Shaft etc.

POWERHOUSE •
Nathpa Jhakri project has an underground power
house 200 m below the natural earth level . The
main auxiliaries on this floor are:-
1. Secondary water pump 3.Brake Dust
2. Oil cooler 4.Oil Vapour
3.HARD COATING FACILITY •
4. In the India, HCF at Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Plant
Station is the first Laboratory which coats
turbines and other mechanical parts using
robotic arm.
5. Hard coating facility works on the principle of
High Velocity Oxygen Fueled Tungsten
Carbide Coating (Thermal Flame Spraying) In
continuous combustion HVOF thermal spray
process, a fuel gas and oxygen are
combusted in a high pressure chamber
reaching a temperature about 2600 degree
Celsius. The resulting hot, high pressure gas
is ejected through a small diameter nozzle and
accelerated down a long barrel at supersonic
speeds.
6. The extreme velocities ( about Mach 5)
provide kinetic energy which help produce
coatings that are very dense and very well
adhered in the as-sprayed condition.

7.Pre-heating - Pre-heating of the components


to about 80 degree Celsius is also done so that
layers of coating can adhere to the components
Coating • To impart high wear resistant component
is coated with Tungsten Carbide. Finishing • Final
finishing is done for evenly distributed coating and
good surface.
FINDINGS:
DAM :

Flip buckets
are used at
the dam
radial gate
outlet to
change the direction of the flow momentum in upward
direction, so that it could not erode walls of the pathway
or bed of the river.To prevent floating things entering in
head race tunnel log boom barrier are installed in the
reservoir of the dam. 

POWERSTATION •
To decrease bulkiness of cooling system, powerhouse
cooling system is divided into two parts in primary and
secondary.
Governor mechanism plays an important role in
optimized calibration and regulation the powerhouse. To
avoid flooding in powerhouse, submersible pumps are
employed for safety, in case of flooding inside the
powerhouse. Stray tunnels are present to provide
multiple outlets for evacuation in case of emergency.
Automatic lubricating systems are employed for
lubricating the various components of the powerhouse.
Two servo motors are used to control the amount of
water entering the generator by controlling the openings
of guide vanes.
HARDCOATING FACILITY •

A 6 degree of freedom Robotic arm is employed to spray


molten Tungsten Carbide on the given job.In hard
coating facility, suitable safety measures are taken and
the special sensors are used to check for hydrogen
leakage, which can cause a major hazard.
Mechanism to check the purity of nitrogen is used. Error
is calculated of a standard nitrogen sample. This error is
used in calculations and calibration for the nitrogen
cylinders which is being used for hard-coating. Wet
scrubber is used to capture stray Tungsten Carbide
particles.
METHODOLOGY •
Technical discussions with various engineers and
executives various drawings available of different parts
and components On-site visit of powerhouse and dam.
Understanding cooling and drainage systems on Jhakri
site , also understanding working of control systems of
Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station.
Study of different systems in hard coating facility,Study
of measures taken for safer operation of Nathpa Jhakri .
CONCLUSION :

 I have learnt layout, principles, stages and


components of the Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power
Plant.

 Nathpa Jhakri based on sutjel river in Himachal


Pradesh which is largest plant in India.

 Practical application of the various theories and


concepts, subjects was seen.

 The unique facility of NJHPS Hard Coating Facility


was studied,The working mechanisms and
maintenance procedure of the powerhouse and
dam was studied.

 local people should be made an integral part of the


organization. • CSR should be used to increase
awareness about flora and fauna conservation.

This is all I have learnt in this project.


THANKY YOU.

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