Scope of work includes integrated material handling solutions including wagon tipplers

Thyssenkrupp India’s plant engineering division would be supplying complete coal handling systems for Jawaharpur and Obra C power plants being executed Doosan Power Systems India (DPSI), the main EPC contractor for construction of the two thermal power plants. Both the plants located in Uttar Pradesh, North India will be operated by Uttar Pradesh RajyaVidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (UPRVUNL).

Thyssenkrupp India will be undertaking engineering, delivery and installation of two complete coal handling systems, including associated structural and electrical works for DPSI under the package. Thyssenkrupp’s scope of supply will include numerous belt conveyors with an overall length of 17 kilometers, four twin wagon tipplers, screens and crushers, four combined bucket wheel stackers/reclaimers and one bucket wheel reclaimer. Both systems with an overall coal handling capacity of 3,000 tons per hour each will be fully operational by the first half of 2021.

Coal will be delivered to the site by rail either to a track hopper area or a rail car unloading station which will be equipped with two twin wagon tipplers each. A belt conveyor system with a capacity of 3,000 tons per hour and two meters belt width will be transporting coal to the crushing and screening complex equipped with a total of four ring granulators and four vibrating screens each. Two combined bucket wheel stacker cum reclaimer will stack the processed coal to the stockpile. When needed the material will be reclaimed and transported to the boiler planton belt conveyors. The stockyard machines will be capable of handling 3,000 tons of coal per hour both in stacking and reclaiming modes.

According to Thyssenkrupp India’s communiqué “Effective material handling systems must be individually designed and fully integrated so as to achieve a smooth flow of material from one section of a plant to the next. To meet these requirements, Thyssenkrupp will take care of the whole value chain from engineering to procurement and construction for the complete material handling system. From coal unloading and conveying to crushing and storage all key equipment will be manufactured in the company’s own facilities in Pune and Hyderabad.”

Malay Das, Managing Director and CEO of Thyssenkrupp Industries India said, “Thyssenkrupp has more than 40 years of experience over forty years in material handling technology and the execution of coal handling plants in India. We are very proud to put this experience to work with DPSI for the Jawaharpur and Obra C power projects. Our innovative and reliable technologies combined with a strong local setup that provides engineering excellence as well as commissioning expertise were key factors in winning this contract.”