The document provides an overview of the coal handling plant (CHP) at Anpara Thermal Power Station in Uttar Pradesh, India. It discusses the basic processes in a CHP, including receiving coal via rail or conveyor, crushing the coal, transporting it to bunkers via conveyor belts and trippers, and storing excess coal via stacking and reclaiming. The CHP handles coal from receipt to transporting it to boilers and bunkers. It also processes raw coal to the required size for boiler operations. The CHP faces various challenges like design issues due to lower quality coal, problems during monsoon season, and mechanical failures of equipment.

1. Preface
This Project Report entitled “COAL HANDLING PLANT” has been prepared
in fulfilment of Industrial Training to be carried out in second year of our four
year B.TECH course. For preparing the Project Report, I have visited Anpara
Thermal Power Station underUttarPradeshRajyaVidyutUtpadan
NigamLtd.during the suggested duration for the period of 28 days, to avail
necessary information. The blend of learning and knowledge acquired during
our practical studies at the company is presented in this Project Report.
The rationale behind visiting the power plant and preparing this Project Report
is to study electrical overview related to power generation and its auxiliaries in
thermal power plant.
We have carried out this training under well experienced and highly qualified
engineers of ATPS, UPRVUNL of various departments. We have taken the
opportunity to explore the coal handling division(C.H.D.),its use, necessity in
power plant and maintenance of various equipment used for power generation
and controlling the numerous process of power generation. I have tried our best
to cover all the aspects of power plant specially stacking and their brief detailing
in this project report.
All the above mention topic will be presented in the following pages of this
report. The main aim to carry out this project is to familiarize ourselves with
the real industrial scenario, so that we can relate with our engineering studies.

2. Acknowledgement
I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards toEr.
SURYA PRAKASH PAL Asst.Engineer for his exemplary guidance,
monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this project.
The blessing, help and guidance given by him time to time shall carry me a long
way in the journey of life on which I am about to embark.
I also take this opportunity to express a deep sense of gratitude to Er.A. S.
MISHRA Executive Engineer CHD-I Anpara Thermal Power Station,
UPRVUNL for their cordial support, valuable information and guidance, which
helped me in completing this task through various stages.
I am also thankful to Er. NIKHIL CHATURVEDI Executive Engineer HRD
&Trg. Division for providing me opportunity to carry out my vocational
training in ATPS.
I am obliged to staff members of Anpara Thermal Power Station, UPRVUNL
for the valuable information provided by them in their respective fields. I am
grateful for their cooperation during the period of my assignment.
Lastly, I thank almighty, my parents, sister and friends for their constant
encouragement without which this assignment would not be possible
RAJAT VERMA
B.tech (Elect.Engg) IIIrdYear

3. ANPARA THERMAL POWER STATION
The Anpara Power Plant is located near village Anpara on the bank of Rihand
reservoir in the district of Sonebhadra (Uttar Pradesh). It is about 34 km from
Rihand Dam on Pipri-Singrauli road and about 200 km from Varanasi. Varanasi
is connected by air/rail and road route from other major cities.
All the units of Anpara TPS are coal-fired thermal power plants, having a total
generating capacity of 1630 MW and consists of following units –
Stage
Units
No.
Installed
Capacity
Derated
Capacity
Original
Equipment
Manufacturers
'A'
TPS
1 210 MW 210 MW
M/s Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd.
2 210 MW 210 MW
M/s Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd.
3 210 MW 210 MW
M/s Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd.
'B'
TPS
4 500 MW 500 MW
M/s Mitsubishi
Corporation, Japan
5 500 MW 500 MW
M/s Mitsubishi
Corporation, Japan

4. BasicNeeds and Overviewof a Thermal Power
Plant
Steam is an important medium of producing mechanical energy. Steam has the
advantage that, it can be raised from water which is available in abundance it
does not react much with the materials of the equipment of power plant and is
stable at the temperature required in the plant. Steam is used to drive steam
engines, steam turbines etc. Steam power station is most suitable where coal is
available in abundance.
Thermal electrical power generation is one of the major methods. Out of total
power developed in India about 60% is thermal. For a thermal power plant the
range of pressure may vary from 10 kg/cm2 to super critical pressures and the
range of temperature may be from 250°C to 650°C.
Essentials of steam power plant equipment:-
A steam power plant must have following equipment:
(a) A furnace to burn the fuel.
(b) Steam generator or boiler containing water. Heat generated in the furnace is
utilized to convert water into steam.
(c) Main power unit such as an engine or turbine to use the heat energy of steam
and perform work.
(d) Piping system to convey steam and water.
A steam power plant using steam as working substance works basically on
Rankine cycle.
Steam is generated in a boiler, expanded in the prime mover and condensed in
the condenser and fed into the boiler again.
The different types of systems and components used in steam power plant are as
follows:
(a) High pressure boiler
(b) Prime mover
(c) Condensers and cooling towers
(d) Coal handling system
(e) Ash and dust handling system
(f) Draught system
(g) Feed water purification plant
(h) Pumping system

5. Figure shows a schematic arrangement of equipment of a steam power station.
Coal received in coal storage yard of power station is transferred in the furnace
by coal handling unit. Heat produced due to burning of coal is utilized in
converting water contained in boiler drum into steam at suitable pressure and
temperature. The steam generated is passed through the super heater.
Superheated steam then flows through the turbine. After doing work in the
turbine the pressure of steam is reduced. Steam leaving the turbine passes
through the condenser which is maintained the low pressure of steam at the
exhaust of turbine. Steam pressure in the condenser depends upon flow rate and
temperature of cooling water and on effectiveness of air removal equipment.
Water circulating through the condenser may be taken from the various sources
such as river, lake or sea. Bled steam taken from the turbine at suitable
extraction points is sent to low pressure and high pressure water heaters.
Air taken from the atmosphere is first passed through the air pre-heater, where it
is heated by flue gases. The hot air then passes through the furnace. The flue
gases after passing through boiler and super heater tubes, flow through the dust
collector and then through economiser, air pre-heater and finally they are
exhausted to the atmosphere through the chimney.
1. Air preheated, economizer, super heater, feed heaters.
2. Cooling water pump 14. Coal conveyor
3.Transmission line (3-phase) 15. Coal hopper
4. Unit transformer (3-phase) 16. Pulverizedfuel mill
5. Electric generator (3-phase) 17. Boiler drums
6. Low pressure turbine 18. Ash hopper
7. Condensate extraction 19. Super heater
8. Condenser. 20. Forced draught fan
9. Intermediate pressure turbine 21. Re-heater
10. Steam governor valve 22. Air intake
11. High pressure Turbine 23. Economiser
12. De-aerator. 24. Air pre
13. Feed heater 25. Precipitator
26. Induced draught fan –heater
27. Chimney Stack

6. Basic Operation in Thermal Power Plant

7. ATPS OVERVIEW3X210 MW

8. ABSTRACT
Many thermal power plants use coal as their fuel. To handle the coal, each
power station is equipped with a coal handling plant. The coal has to be sized,
processed,and handled which should be done effectively and efficiently. While
working in the coalhandling plant the major factor which reduces staff
efficiency is the working environment i.e., dust etc. Generally all systems used
in power station coal handling plants are wet dust suppressionsystems.
INTRODUCTION
Coal Handling Plant (CHP) is a plant which handles the coal from its receipt to
transporting it to Boiler and store in Bunkers. It also processesthe raw coal to
make it suitable for Boiler Operation.
CoalHandling Plant (CHP):-
Extent of work: - In brief we can say that receipt of coal from coalmines,
weighing of coal, crushing it to required size and transferring the quanta of coal
to various coal mill bunkers. This is the responsibility and duty of the CHP and
its staff.

9. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM OF C.H.P:-
Electrical equipment in C.H.P:-
1. 52 Nos. 6.6 KV JYOTI make breakers.
2. 02 Nos. INCOMERS and02 no. VT panel.
3. 01 ISOLATER and BUS COUPLER.
4. 27 Nos. 6.6KV MOTORS.

10. GeneralWorking of CoalHandling Plant :-
As mentioned above, coalis brought to power station by either of three means
of coal transportation. This coal is first conveyed to primary crusher with the
help of different combination of conveyor belts and its rate of feeding is
controlled by Electro-magnetic vibrating feeders. Conveyor belt before the
crusher is provided with hanging magnets to separate ferrous materials. Stones
are picked up manually. In primary crusher, coal is first crushed to 150 mm
size. This coal is again conveyed to secondary/final crusher on belt system.
Here vibrating screens are used to feed crushers, which bypasses coalof size
more than 20 mm. In final crushers, coal is further crushed to required 20 mm
size. This sized coal is then send to bunkering belt and with the help of coal
trippers. This sized coal is finally fed to coal bunkers. This cycle is called coal
bunkering. In case bunkers are full, then available coalis stored in stockyard
with the help of stacking belts /automatic stacker cum reclaimer. This cycle is
called stacking. In emergency when coal is not available in plant by
railways/ropeways, then this stacked coalis diverted to the coal bunkers by
reclaiming conv. belts. This cycle is called reclaiming. The coal stored in
bunkers is further send to coal mill for pulverization and combustion in boiler
furnace.

11. GENARAL LAYOUT OF COAL HANDLING PLANT(CHP)

12. Availability of CoalIn India:-
 Mostly E and F grade coalused in India.
 Blending Is Done To get Average D Grade.
Grade C.V.
( K Cal / Kg. )
% Ash + Moisture
A > 6200 19.57
B 5601-6200 19.57 - 23.97
C 4941-5600 23.92 - 28.69
D 4201-5940 28.69 - 34.05
E 3361-4200 34.06 - 40.14
F 2401-3360 40.14 - 47.10
TRANSPORTATIONOF COAL:-
Railways:-coalis brought by railway wagons. One rack consists of 58 wagons.
Each wagon contains 58 MT of coal. Locos bring the wagons from the
marshalling yard and place them on wagon tippler. These wagons are then
unloaded with the help of wagon tippler. If these wagons are not unloaded in

13. stipulated time period (generally 7 hrs.), demurrage charges are levied by
railway department.
CoalHandling Plant Auxiliaries:-
Major auxiliaries of CHP:-
1. M.G.R. System
2. Vibrating Feeders
3. Conveyor Belts
4. Coal Crushers
5. Trippers
6. Electromagnetic Separators
7. Dust extraction systems
M.G.R:-
Merry go Round system. its a moving is used to unload the loaded coal wagon
below railway track at speed of 4 km/hr. Fromtrack hopper it goes on
conveyor belt via paddle feeder.
Vibrating Feeders:-
These are electromagnetic vibrating feeders or sometimes in the formof
dragging chains which are provided below the coal hoppers. This equipment is
used for controlled removalof coal fromcoal hoppers.
 ConveyorBelts:-
These are the synthetic rubber belts which move on metallic rollers
called idlers and are used for shifting of coal from one place to other
places.The size of conveyor belt is of fallowing:-
CONVEYORCAPACITY:- 2520 TON/Hr(max). 2100ton/hr(normal)

14. CONVEYORWIDTH:- 1500MM.
CONVEYORSPEED:-3.3M/SEC
LAYOUT OF CONVEYOR SYSTEM :-
 CoalCrushers:-
We receive the coalin the form of odd shaped lumps. These lumps are to
be crushed to required size. These lumps are crushed by coalcrushers.
crusher are of two type :-
1. PRIMARY CRUSHER:- Raw coal from track hoppercomes to
primary crushing house via conveyor belt after crushing in primary
crusher size of coalbecomes 150 mm. This coal of 150 mm is send to
secondarycrusher through conveyor belt.
2. SECONDARYCRUSHER:-
Crushed coal of 150 mm is goes to secondarycrusher after being
crushed is coal becomes 20mm. After coal crushed twice it send for
further power operation.
TP-9 11A TP-10
11B U#3
CONV.7A CONV. 7B
CONV. 10
CONV. 12B U#2
S/R. MACH.
TRACK HOPER TP-1 PCH BUILDING SCH BUILDING U#1
SM-1 VF-1.2.3.4 VS-1.2.3.4 SM-2
PF-1&2 1A 2A PC-1.2.3.4 3A SC-1.2.3.4 4A 4A 5A 6A
PF-3&4 1B 2B BF-1.2.3.4 3B BF-5.6.7.8 4B 4B 5B 6B
SM-3
TP-3 TP-4 TP-5 TP-6 54 METER

15.  Trippers:-
These are the motorized operated machines and are used for feeding the
coal to coal bunkers as per their requirement.
 Electromagnetic Separators:-
Electromagnets are used for removing of Iron and magnetic impurities
from the coal.
Dust Extraction System:-
This system is provided in CHP for suppressionof coal dust in coal
handling plant.
OperationalCycles:-
1. Normal Bunkering cycle.
2. Stacking cycle.
3. Reclaiming Cycle.
Normal Bunkering Cycle:-
Shifting of coal received from coal wagons directly to coal bunkers is
normal bunkering cycle.
 Stacking Cycle:-
When there is no coalrequirement at coalbunkers even then CHP has to
unload the received coal which is stacked at open ground called yard.
This is stacking cycle.
Reclaiming Cycle:-
when coal wagons are not available the requirement of coal bunkers is
fulfilled from the stacked coal this is reclaiming cycle.
PrecautionaryMeasures before Transporting Coal
 Weighing of Coal:-
Weighing of coalis carried out at wagon tippler. Weight of loaded wagon
is taken; after unloading the coal, weight of empty wagon is taken the

16. difference of the two will give the weight of the coal (normally 55-60
metric ton of coal come in each wagon).
 Payment of Coal:-
Payment of coal is made to the coalmines as per the weighing of coal
carried out at their premises. However, if any dispute arises regarding
weighing of coal same is to be settled by the committee of both the
parties.
Stone shells:-
Sometimes stone shells are received along with coal same has to be
removed from the coal before bunkering and is done sometimes manually
or by different type of machines.
If quantum of stone shells is beyond minimum limit the costof the coalis
recovered from the coal mines against the quantity of stone shells
received from them.
 ChemicalAnalysis of Coal:-
Sample of coal is randomly collected from each rake by concerned
division staff and detailed chemical analysis, calculation of calorific value
is carried out and is confirmed whether it is as per agreement with the
coal mines or not.
GeneralProblems faced in CoalHandling Plant:-
1. DesignProblems:-Coalreceived in power station is having cal. Value much
less and ash percentage more than the rated values recommended by
manufacturer. Hence the systems in coal handling plant get overloaded resulting
in low bunkering.
2. Rainy SeasonProblems:-Chute choke ups, Coal yard -Slurry Formation
Transfer chutes gets choked up due to wet or muddy coal. Slurry formed in coal

17. yard may cause problems with electro-magnetic feeders at input points, frequent
choke-ups at transfer chutes etc.
3. Other Misc. Problems:-Snapping of belts get damaged or broken becauseof
jerks and overloading problems due to various reasons. Repairing and
replacement of these belts and ropes require more time for maintenance.
• Derailment of coalwagons:-De-ailment of wagons result in obstacle in
unloading of balance wagons in line. This results in lower bunkering and may
attract demurrage charges from railway department.
• Oversized coal/Muddy Coal:-Oversized / muddy coal may cause damage to
the belt system, frequent choke-ups of transfer chutes and damages to the
crusher rings.
DUST MANAGEMENT AT COAL HANDLING PLANT OF T.P.P.
INTRODUCTION:-
Coal fire thermal power plant sere keys to power production in the country.
They play vital role in power generation and distribution, and constitute
64.75%oftotalpower production in India. Since coal is the basic raw material
used in such power plant, so they are equipped with a large coal handling plant
(CHP) where coaltransported from coal mines are stored and processedbefore
sending to boiler and steam generation section. A CHP may also be called
a"coal handling and preparation plant"(CHPP).At this plant, major ergonomic
concern is of dust particles which become air borne while coal storage and
processing. CHP require very large area for coal storage and processing,
therefore large scale dust generation occurs at such plant. People working here
become victim of Pneumoconiosis which is an occupational lung disease and

18. are attractive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust. Thus ergonomic
design of CHP is necessary for betterment of workers and authority concern.
Since CHP require large amount of water for dust suppression, therefore
innovative methods have to be design in order to minimize use of water. Since
many thermal power plant in India facing acute shortage of water, therefore
efficient method of dustsuppressionand prevention is highly recommended
which uses least amount of water. The following paper discusses design of a
dust collector which discharges dustin concentrated form in order to reduce
water consumption. A part from Dust Collector, typical nozzle design is also
proposed which utilizes elegant diverging water spray for dustprevention
minimizing water wastage. Dust suppressionplays vital role in improving
performance of workers and their health, hence ergonomic design of CHP is
very important issue discussed at industry level, especially at Thermal Power
Plant.
Layout of a Typical CoalFired Thermal Power Plant
The above diagram typically outline a coalfire thermal power plant where coal
transported from coal mines through coalvessels called wagon Tripler is
unloaded and coal silo is formed. As clearly outline the major region of dust
generation while performing above operations results in large scale airborne
particles which must be suppressed. We clearly define the region for which
ergonomic design should be proposed. Thedust particles emanating from coal

19. are typically is of size 1 to 100 microns. A typical NTPC plant requires 4.4
cubic meters per megawatt per hour.
DESIGN PROPOSALS FOR DUST CONTROL AT FIVE DIFFERENT
STAGES OF A TYPICAL CHP OF A THERMAL POWER PLANT:-
Design proposals for preventing and suppressing dustat CHP using efficient
methods. The above figure clearly depicts the design proposalfor preventing
and suppressingdust at CHP using efficient methods and implementing cutting
edge technology. The given design proposaltargets five different stages where
dust generation is quite large.
 STAGE1
At this stage, coaltransported from coal mines is brought at CHP using Wagon
Tripler and unloaded to reclaimer. Large amount of dust is generated and in
order to prevent dust, moisture addition is most efficient techniques water is
very powerful binding solvent. Directly adding moisture to coal prevents dust
from becoming air borne. Here diverging nozzles are used for moisture addition.
Diverging nozzle will allow optimum proportionate of water to be added with
coal. Since it is necessary to know exactly what amount of water to be added as

20. too much water will cause mud and make coal heavier, on the other hand, too
little water will be in effective in dust control.
 STAGE2
Here (reclaimer stage) coal is unloaded from wagon Tripler to be reclaimed.
The area where reclaiming is done is quite large and hence water addition will
be futile. Also wind play devastating role in increasing dust. Thus wind is the
major factor .So wind speed is controlled in order to prevent dust to
become air borne. Wind shield net or wind break forest is provided in order to
reduce dust generation.
 STAGE3
Reclaimer piles up the coal at a largest or age area and form as stacker or coal
pile. While doing this, large amount of dust is generated. Also coal stacker is a
constant sourceof airborne dustparticles. Therefore it is necessary to suppress
dust generation. At this stage surface compaction method is used to suppress
dust using 6-12% water solution of very good binding substance which binds
the coal dust and prevent it from becoming airborne. Moisture addition is done
at this stage using well designed spray which allow sconetrolled flow of
solution over coal pile in order to properly suppress dustwithout affecting the
quality of coal.
 STAGE4
This stage is major area of concern because dustparticle size is a slow as1-
10microns.Therefore this stage requires a suitable, innovative and efficient
technique of dustsuppression. Since moisture addition is futile exercise,
therefore we develop wet dustcollector which can reduce dust concentration as
lowas1%in the concerned area. Dust collector is very elegant device which

21. discharges dustin concentrated form reducing water consumption. Even for
suppressing1mmthick dustlayer, we require large amount of water, but dust
collector with minimum use of water, suppresses large amount of dust. The
following section discusses design of wet centrifugal dustcollector with
automatic discharge for suppressing dust at this stage. Here processed coalis
transferred from coalstack through convey or to relay section, hence large
amount of dust is generated which can be suppress seducing dust collector.
 STAGE5
Last stage is unloading of coal from relay section and transfer to the boiler
section. At this stage, usual method of moisture addition is sufficient in cess
mall amount of dust generates which can easily be suppress using proper
amount of moisture addition. At this stage also, diverging nozzles of optimum
diameter are used for proper water spray.
DESIGN OF A WET CENTRIFUGAL DUST COLLECTOR:-
Centrifugal collectors use cyclonic action to separate dust particles from the
gas stream. In a typical cyclone, the dust gas stream enters at an angle and is

22. spun rapidly. The centrifugal force created by the circular flow throws the dust
particles toward the wall of the cyclone. After striking the wall, these particles
fall in to a hopperlocated underneath.
The mostcommon types of centrifugal or inertial collectors in use today are:-
1) Single-cyclone separators
2) Cyclone Multiple-separators
3) Secondary Air Flow Separators
A typical wet centrifugal dustcollector uses scrubbing effect of water to
suppress dust. Water is very good binding substance for dust and therefore it is
used as scrubbing element. This device applies the principle of film formation
over the dust layer and confines dustparticles leaving fresh air to escape. The
power rating of motor varies as per requirement. This device uses the principle
of dynamic precipitation technique in which very high suction pressure suck the
dusty air and allow to centrifuge through it. Centrifugal action separates dust
from fresh air and fresh air is allowed to escapefrom to here from dust collector.
The dustcollector has a small tank full of water which has two valves. These
two springs loaded valves are operated to allow passage of concentrated dust
and automatic filling of fresh water using sensors. Thesesensors sense the
concentration level of dustin the container and when it goes beyond 90%,it
opens the discharge valve. This remains open until total discharge of
concentrated dust occurs from the tank. At the same time, it opens inlet valve to
allow fresh water to fill up.
The dust collector uses automatic discharge technique and hence save time
form annual operations for discharging and refilling. Also discharge is recycled
in order to have minimum water wastage. This centrifugal dust collector is very
efficient and requires minimum amount of water since it discharges dustin
concentrated form. Taking atypical caseof a NTPC plant which uses 4.4cubic
meter per mega watt per hour, assuming power production of 1000MW, total

23. water consumption will be4400 million cubic meter water. This is huge amount
of water which is utilized at such plant. But with the above mentioned
techniques, if implemented properly can save large amount of water and hence
reduce chances of a cute water shortage.
RESULTSANDCONCLUSION:-
A wet centrifugal dust collector with automatic discharge can reduce airborne
dust particle sand minimize water wastage. Al soother methods of dust
collection reduce dust and water was taigas discussed earlier. This has great
impact not only at workplace butyl so in environment. Proper implementation
of dust suppressionand prevent in methods reduces health hazards of workers,
employees and people residing nearby. Since current situation demands eco-
friendly method softdust suppressionwithout much water wastage, above
mentioned ergonomic designs are noteworthy.

24. A REPORT OF THEVOCATIONAL
TRAINING ON
“COAL HANDLING PLANT”
FOR THE PERIOD OF FOUR WEEKS FROM
15.06.15 TO 17.07.15
AT
ANPARA THERMAL POWERSTATION
ANPARA, SONEBHADRA U.P.
OF UPRVUNL
BY
RAJAT VERMA
B.tech (Elect.Engg) IIIrd Year
TO
SURYA PRAKASH PAL A. S. MISHRA
ASSISTANT ENGINEER EXCUTIVE ENGINEER

25. Turbine used in ATPS
Three phase synchronous generator (210MW) used at ATPS

26. :