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Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd.

A Gold rated State PSU( A Govt. of Odisha Undertaking )

Powering Green Energy

Salient Features

CHIPLIMA POWER HOUSE

CHIPLIMA
1 Name of the Power Station - CHIPLIMA POWER STATION 
2 Type of Project - ROR
3 Type of Power House
- Surface
4 Total Number of Units & their rated capacities (Original) in MW - 3 nos. – 24 MW each
5 Unit – wise data of commissioning (Original) and after R & M.
- Original Date of Comm.
Unit-I -15.07.1962, Unit- II-26.11.1962. Unit-III -01.02.1964.

Date of Comm. after R, M & U
Unit-I -29.07.1998
Unit- II- (01.05.2008)
Unit- III- (21.01.2020)
6 Turbines
(a) Name of the Manufacturer - Unit -I & II – JM Voith (Original), Unit –III- LMZ Unit – I & II – Renovated by BHEL Unit III Renovated by Voith Hydro Pvt. Ltd.
(b) Country of Manufacturer - Unit -I & II –Germany, Unit-III - Russia
(c ) Type - Kaplan (each)
(d ) Arrangement of Shaft - Vertical (each)
(e ) Output in MW - 25.4 (Max.) for unit 1 & 2
27.874 (Max.)for unit 3
(f ) Speed in RPM - 150 (each)
(g ) Runaway Speed - 368 RPM, 340 RPM ( Unit 3 )
(h ) Rated Head - 74.5 ft.
(i ) Designed Head - 72 ft., 71.52 ft. ( Unit-3)
7 Governing System
a) Name of the Manufacturer & Type - Unit-I –Voith, VCG – 72, Electro – Hydraulic Gov
Unit-II – EHG (UR), BHEL
Unit – III – Voith Hydro
8 Generators
a) Name of the Manufacturer - Unit-I&II- Hitachi, Unit-III - Voith Hydro
b) Country - Unit-I&II- Japan, Unit -III - India
c) Type - Semi umbrella, Vertical
d) Output (in MVA / MW) - 27/24.3 (each)
e) Power Factor - 0.91 (each)
e) Generator Voltage - 11 KV (each)
e) Arrangement of Bearings - 1. Thrust bearing.
2. Guide bearing (each)
9 Excitation System
Manufacturer & Type - Unit-I & II-AVR SEE, BHEL,
Unit-III– SEE, ABB
10 Generator Transformers:
a) Name of the Manufacturer & Country - Unit-I & II- Metropolitan – Vickers, UK Unit-3 Transformer & Rectifiers , India
b) Capacity in MVA - 27 MVA (each ) 30 MVA (Unit 3)
c) Type - Core (each)
d) Provision of tap changer - Off Load (each)
e) Type of cooling - OFWF (each)
f) Voltage Ratio & Vector Group - 11/132KV (each), Yd11
11 Power House EOT Crane:
a) Name of the Manufacturer & Country - Litostrocz, Yugoslavia
b) Capacity of main hook & Aux. Hook - 125 T (main), 25T (Aux.)
c) Number of Cranes - Two
12 Penstock:
a) Arrangement - Trapezoidal
b) Numbers - Three
c) Dia - 9.4 M (each)
13 Tail Race:
a) Type - Open Channel
b) Length - 1 KM