NTPC’s plant in Dadri GE Power
GE Power (www.ge.com/power) announced that it has been selected to provide technology for NTPC and Tata Chemicals to upgrade two coal-fired boilers in India with GE’s low-NOx firing system. This is the first installation of this technology in India and it will be implemented at NTPC’s thermal plant in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh and the 136-ton/h Boiler Tata project in Mithapur, Gujarat. GE Power’s technology can help reduce NOx generation by up to 40% from current levels in these units.
“This is the first order by any utility or industrial company in India for the firing system modification to reduce the NOx generation at the primary source of combustion boilers,” said Andrew DeLeone, Managing Director, GE Power India Limited. “The success of these projects will benchmark the technology and technical specifications for future low NOx firing system modification in India. For India, where coal is and will remain the energy mainstay for a long time, GE’s state-of-the-art technology can play a major role in making the thermal power plants efficient and environment friendly.”
This is the first standalone order for low-NOx firing system upgrade in any coal-fired boiler in India. The implementation of this technology is in response to India’s new coal plant emission regulations which require all utility boilers as well as industrial and captive plant boilers to modify their firing systems to improve NOx emissions. By using this technology at its primary source of emissions reduction, customers experience shorter outage time and lower operating costs.
“We have more than 20 years of expertise with this technology and it’s in use in 1,200 units around the world today, that’s the equivalent of 480 GW,” said Pascal Radue, General Manager of Clean Combustion, GE’s Steam Power’s business. “As countries have implemented stringent emission standards, we’ve been able to help our customers by delivering the right technology in a way that minizines the disruption an outage can have on their operations. We’ll use that same experience to help our customers in India.”