ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd has received an order related to the renovation and modernization (R&M) of electrostatic precipitators (ESPs).
In a stock exchange communication, IGSEC said that this order, valued at Rs.197.25 crore, was placed by Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (Mahagenco) and relates to ESPs installed at the utility’s 2×500-mw Chandrapur thermal power plant located in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra.
The ESPs shall be retrofitted and modernised for particulate emission reduction in order to meet the latest emission norms and guidelines for thermal power plants, ISGEC said.
The scope of work includes complete design, engineering, supply, assembly, erection, commissioning and performance guarantee testing for ESP retrofitting/upgradation of 2×500-mw units (No.5 and No.6) of the said power plant.
“ESP is one of our major products in air pollution control equipment portfolio apart from DeSOx and DeNOx solutions. We are already executing an order for Mahagenco for Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) based DeSOx system and are really excited to receive this prestigious order for ESP R&M from the same customer. We are all geared up to take on and successfully execute this project, ” noted said Suman Jain, Group Head – Utility Boilers, Air Pollution Control Equipment & New Technology Development, ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd.
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Collaboration agreement
In an independent development, ISGEC Heavy Engineering also announced that it has entered into a collaboration and licensing agreement with US-based United Conveyor Corporation (UCC), on March 24, 2023. The purpose of the agreement is to bid and execute ash handling projects for thermal power projects in India, ISGEC said in a stock exchange filing. Both parties shall work exclusively with each other for projects mutually identified for bidding, the filing said.
The featured photograph shows a long view of Mahagenco’s Chandrapur superthermal power project in Maharashtra. According to the information available, the Chandrapur thermal power plant has an installed capacity of 2,920 MW coming from two units of 210 MW and five of 500 MW.
