Bokaro Thermal Power Station B
Bokaro Thermal Power Station B (BTPS - B) is located at Bokaro district in Jharkhand, 44 km from the Bokaro Steel City and is about 55 km from Dhanbad city.. The nearest railway station is Bokaro Thermal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of DVC.
| Bokaro Thermal Power Station B | |
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| Country | India |
| Location | Bokaro (Thermal), Bokaro District, Jharkhand |
| Coordinates | 23°47′07″N 85°52′48″E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1986 |
| Owner(s) | DVC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 3×210 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 630 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Power plant
Bokaro Thermal Power Station B has an installed capacity of 630 MW. The First unit was commissioned in March 1986. The station is located on the banks of the Konar River near Bokaro ‘A’ Thermal Power Station. Entire power generated by the plant is supplied to DVC network.[1]
The now defunct Bokaro ‘A’ Thermal Power Station which was the first thermal power plant of the DVC system (commissioned in 1963), was scrapped. In place of which, one 500 MW unit has been commissioned by BHEL in May 2016.
Installed capacity
| Unit Number | Installed Capacity (MW) | Date of Commissioning | Status |
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| 1 | 210 | Mar. 1986 | Running |
| 2 | 210 | Nov. 1990 | Running |
| 3 | 210 | Aug. 1993 | Running |
The boilers are of ABL make, while the turbines and generators are of BHEL make.[2]
See also
References
- "Bokaro Thermal Power Station B". Damodar Valley Corporation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-09-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)