NTPC was set up in the central sector in the 1975 in response towidening

demand & supply gap with the main objective of planning, promoting &
organizing an integrated development tothermal power in India. Ever since its

inception, NTPC has never looked back and the corporation is treading steps of
success one after the other. The only PSU to have achieved excellent rating
inrespect of MOU targets signed with Govt. of India each year.NTPC is poised to
become a 40,000 MW gint corporation by theend of XI plan i.e. 2012 AD. Lighting
up one fourth of the nation,NTPC has an installed capacity of 19,291 MW from
itscommitment to provide quality power; all the operating stations of NTPC
located in the National Capital Region & western haveacquired ISO 9002
certification. The service groups likeEngineering, Contracts, materials and
operation Services havealso bagged the ISO 9001 certification. NTPC
Dadri,Ramagundam, Vindhyachal and Korba station have also baggedISO 14001
certification.Today NTPC contributes more than 3 / 5 th of the total power
generation in India.

Station At Glance
NTPC dadri is model project of NTPC . also it tit the best projectof NTPC also
known as NCPS ( National capital power station ).Situated 60 kms away from
Delhi in the District of gautam budhNagar, Uttar Pradesh. The station has an
installed capacity of 1669 MW of power 840 MW from Coal based units and
829MW Gas Based Station . the station is excelling in performanceever since its
commercial operation . consistently in receipts of meritorious projectivity awards,
the coal based units of the stationstood first in the country in terms of PLF for the
financial year 1999 2000 by generating an all time national high PLF of 96.12%
with the most modern O & M Practices. NTPC Dadri iscommitted to generated
clean and green Power. The Station alsohouses the first HVDC station of the
country (GEP project) inassociation with centre for power efficiency and
Environmentprotection (CENEEP) NTPC & USAUID. The station hasbagged ISO
14001 & ISO 9002 certification during the financialyear 1999 2000, certified by
Agency of International repute M/sDNV Netherlands M/s DNV Germany
respectively

1.Introduction To Gas Power Plants

Introduction
The development of the sector in the country, sinceindependence has been
predominantly through the StateElectricity Boards. In order to supplement
theeffects of the states in accelerating power development and to promote
power development on a regional basis to enable theoptimum utilisation of
energy resources, the Government of India decided to take up a programme of
establishment of large hydro and thermal power stations in the central sec tor on
a regional basis. With this in view, the Government set upthe National Thermal
Power Corporation Ltd., in November 1975 with the objective of planning,
construction,commissioning, operation and maintenance of Super Thermaland
Gas Based Power projects in the country.The availability of gas in a large quantity
in western offshoreregion has opened an opportunity to use the gas for power
generation, which is an economical way and quicker methodof augmenting
power generating capacity by natural gas asfuel in combined cycle power plant
in a power deficit countrylike ours. With this intention in mind the Government
asked NTPC to take up the construction of Kawas, Auraiya, Anta,Dadri and

Gandhar Gas Power Project along the HBJ Gas pipe line.The power plant consists
of gas turbine generating

unitswaste heat recovery boilers, steam turbo generator, ancillaryelectrical and

mechanical equipments. The power generate dat this power station is fed over
220 KV AC transmissionsystem associated with this project to distribute the
power inthe various Regions.In the Power Sector, gas turbine drive generators
are used.
Gas turbines range in size from less than 100 KW up to about140.000 KW. The
gas turbine has found increasing application due to the following potential
advantages over competitive equipment. Small size and weight per horsepower
Rapid loading capability Self-contained packaged unit Moderate first cost No
cooling water required Easy maintenance High reliability Waste heat available
for combined cycle application. Low Gestation Period Low Pollution Hazards
The function of a gas turbine in a combined cycle power plant is to drive a
generator which produce electricity and to provide
Input heat for the steam cycle. Power for driving the compressor is also derived
from gas turbine.
Combined Cycle
Combined Cycle power plant

Integrates two power conversion cycles namely.

Brayton Cycle
(Gas Turbines) and
Rankin Cycle
(Conventional steam power plant) with the principal objective of increasing
overall plant efficiency.
Brayton Cycle
Gas Turbine plant-operate on Brayton Cycle in which air is compressed this
compressed air