BHEL in Water treatment An Overview

BHEL has been in the field of Water treatment for many years now. The first one million gallons
per day Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant in India for public utility needs
was put up by BHEL in Narippayur, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu in the year 1999.
Subsequently BHEL developed RO based water treatment plants for boiler feed make-up for
power plant applications. BHEL has an agreement with M/s. GE, one of the world leaders in
water treatment for the manufacture and supply of large RO based water treatment plants.
Now BHEL has rich experience in treating water from different sources for use in various
applications.

Service water
Boiler make-up requirements
water generation Domestic Sewage
treatment Sea
water
Agricultural River
Run off water
water Handling
Expertise wide
Disinfection
in Drinking water
generation
water
Industrial sources Bore well
water
effluent
Tertiary
treated
Cooling water
treatment sewage
Sea water
Effluent
desalination
treatment

Small steps that create a big difference

While designing a Reverse Osmosis plant, it is very important to keep in mind the
characterisation of raw water and its pre-treatment design. With all the important variables like
physical, chemical properties, temperature and fouling potential of feed water, a proper
Reverse Osmosis plant can be built only after a detailed analysis of feed water is done. All this
plus the expertise of plant supplier go a long way in determining the success of a Reverse
osmosis plant. BHEL with its rich experience in water treatment is committed to provide
durable water treatment plant for years of hassle free operation to Customer.

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Wide range of water treatment solutions

Pre-treatment RO system Demineralization Sewage

treatment
- Conventional
- PSF - SWRO - MBR
DM
- Pressurized UF - BWRO
- Mixed Bed (MB)
- Submerged UF
- EDI

21 Pre-
treatment
20 RO systems
8 DM systems
3 STPs
plants

Upto 4000 m3/hr Upto 224 m3/hr Upto 180 m3/hr Upto 334 m3/hr

as on July 2017

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Boiler feed water
Boiler feed water quality (often called DM
[De-Mineralized water] water) is of utmost
and primary importance for the successful
operation of the power plant. Many of the
outages of the boiler are due to the tube
failure, a direct consequence of scaling.
Boiler feed water should essentially have a
conductivity of less than 0.1 S/cm & silica
level of less than 0.02 ppm.
Traditionally boiler feed water was
generated through conventional DM plants
Pressure Sand Filters at
after pre-treating the feed water through Pipavav 700MW Power Plant
Clarifier, filters like PSF, ACF, etc.

Benefits of Ultra filtration & Reverse Osmosis

RO comes in handy where the TDS levels in the raw water are high. The basic principle of RO
helps in removing the dissolved salts and reduces the load on MB system.
With the introduction of Ultra filtration
(UF) upstream of the RO system, specific
elements like colloidal silica (which are
otherwise difficult to remove) gets
separated with consistent SDI15 < 3
making the water fit for admission to RO
process.
Thermal Power plants which use Sea
water for the process should necessarily
go for two stage RO and a MB unit to
produce boiler quality water. RO concept is gaining momentum (due to reduced membrane
cost & energy efficient membranes) even in the Middle -East, where Thermal Desalination
process was dominating till recently.

Consistent product Lesser chemical Higher plant

Lesser foot print
water quality consumption availability

Advantages of Membrane based water treatment

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Electro De-Ionisation (EDI), units are now poised to replace resin based DM plant due to
advantages like lesser foot print and very less chemical consumption.

Reverse Osmosis system at North Chennai 2 x 600 MW Power Plant

MB system at KPCL Bellary -II Electro De-Ionisation system at HNPCL Vizag

500 MW Power Plant 2 x 520 MW Power Plant

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Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)
BHEL can also provide sewage treatment plants with highly efficient state-of-art Membrane Bio
Reactor (MBR) technology for waste recycle and to meet strict pollution control norms.

BHEL have recently set-up 2 sewage treatment plants of 1MLD each at BHEL-Ranipet factory
and at BHEL-Ranipet Township.

1MLD Sewage Treatment Plant at BHEL Ranipet

Aerobic tank of 1MLD STP Membrane during operation

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Our Strength
In the field of Water Treatment since 90s
Hands-on experience in Process design, equipment selection, installation &
commissioning of water treatment plants
Supplied more than 20 RO based desalination plants throughout the country
We can offer turnkey solutions to all segments of water treatment right from potable
water application to DM water make-up and domestic sewage treatment

Submerged UF system at HNPCL Vizag 96MLD UF system at OPaL Dahej Plant

2 x 520 MW Power Plant

UF Backwash & CIP system at OPaL Dahej Plant Wastewater system at OPaL Dahej Plant

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Lab facility at BHEL Ranipet
BHEL has an extensive lab facility to carry out preliminary water characterisation for process
design and process optimization at various stages of plant operation.

Particle size analysis

TOC analysis

Jar test

Spectrophotometry

Turbidity, pH etc.
Laboratory

Particle Size Analyser TOC Analyser

Lab facility

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Mobile Desalination plant
BHEL has developed a van mounted desalination plant capable of producing DM water/
Drinking water from any brackish water sources. Equipped with Ultra filtration membranes, 2
stage RO membranes and Electro-De-Ionisation (EDI) systems, the mobile plant can deliver
exceptional quality of treated water consistently anywhere in India.

UF permeate
(7.5m3/hr)

RO permeate
(5.5m3/hr)

DM water
(4.5m3/hr)

Inside view of Mobile Desalination Plant

Mobile Desalination Plant

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 Reference list as on July 2017
Total No. of
Sl. Raw
Plant Location Type Capacity Streams Customer
No. Water 3
(m /hr) (W+S)

A. RO-DM Plant for boiler make up water requirements in Thermal Power Plants
PT 127 1
Bellary Unit1 RO-1 95 1+1 Karnataka Power Corporation
1 BW
(1x500 MW) RO-2 76 1+1 Limited
MB 75 1+1
UF 80 2
Bawana, Pragati III RO-1 56 2 Pragati Power Corporation
2 BW
(2x750 MW) RO-2 51 2 Limited
MB 50 2+1
UF 127 2
Bellary Unit2 RO-1 95 1 Karnataka Power Corporation
3 BW
(1x500 MW) RO-2 76 1 Limited
MB 75 1
PT 640 6+2
Pipavav, Gujarat SWRO 224 2+1 GSPC Pipavav Power Company
4 SW
(2x350 MW) BWRO 33 1+1 Limited
DM 31.5 1+1
PT 296 4+2
North Chennai Unit1&2 UF 268 2+1
5 BW TANGEDCO
(2x500 MW) RO 200 2+1
DM 180 2+1
UF 434 3
Vizag, HNPCL Hinduja National Power
6 BW RO 124 2+1
(2x520 MW) Corporation Limited
EDI 110 2+1
UF 280 2
Yermarus TPP RO-1 210 2 Karnataka Power Corporation
7 BW
(2x800 MW) RO-2 170 2 Limited
MB 170 2+1
UF 127 2
Bellary Unit-3 RO-1 95 1 Karnataka Power Corporation
8 BW
(1x700 MW) RO-2 76 1 Limited
MB 75 1
UF 44 1
Yelahanka 350MW RO-1 35 1 Karnataka Power Corporation
9 BW
CCPP* RO-2 20 1 Limited
MB 19.5 1

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 Reference list as on July 2017
Total No. of
Sl. Raw
Plant Location Type Capacity Streams Customer
No. Water 3
(m /hr) (W+S)

B. Raw water treatment plant for petrochemical industry

BW UF 4000 10
1 Dahej, Gujarat UF ONGC Petro additions Limited
Clarifier 350 1
WASTE
C. RO Plant for drinking water needs of public

1 Chennai BW RO 28 1 Airport Authority of India

2 Narippaiyur SW RO 160 1+1

3 Panaikulam BW RO 18.75 1
4 Pottagavayal BW RO 18.75 1
5 Rameswaram SW RO 18.75 1
6 Kusavankudi BW RO 18.75 1
Tamil Nadu Water Supply and
7 Uthirakosamangai BW RO 3.13 1
Drainage Board
8 Urathur BW RO 1.88 1
9 Perungulam BW RO 1.25 1
10 Keelambal BW RO 1.25 1
11 Kidathirukkai BW RO 1.25 1
12 Keelaparuthiyur BW RO 1.25 1
D. Membrane based Sewage Treatment Plants

1 Ranipet Sewage MBR 84 2 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

2 Hyderabad* Sewage MBR 334 2 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

3 Trichy* Sewage MBR 168 1 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

SW - Sea Water; BW - Brackish Water; PT - Pre treatment using systems like Clarifier, ACF: Activated Carbon
Filter, PSF: Pressure Sand filters; UF: Ultra filtration; RO: Reverse Osmosis; DM SAC: Strong Acid Cation
Exchanger + SBA: Strong Base Anion Exchanger + MB: Mixed Bed Exchanger; MBR: Membrane Bio Reactor
* Projects under execution

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BHEL A perspective
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the
largest engineering and manufacturing
enterprise in India in the energy-related/
infrastructure sectors today.

BHEL manufactures over 180 products under 30

major product groups and caters to core sectors
of the Indian Economy viz., Power Generation
and Transmission, Industry, Transportation,
Telecommunication and Renewable Energy.

The high level of quality and reliability of its

products is due to the emphasis on design,
engineering and manufacturing to international Engineering building
standards by acquiring and adapting some of
the best technologies from leading companies in the world, together with technologies developed in its
own R&D centres.

BHEL has acquired certifications to Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001, 2008 version),
Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health & Safety Management
Systems (OHSAS 18001) and is also well on its journey towards Total Quality Management.

BHEL Ranipet unit manufactures and supplies boiler auxiliaries like ESP, Bag filters, APH, Fans, Gates &
Dampers, FGD and Water Treatment systems.

For more details, please contact:

Marketing Department

A Maharatna Company
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Ranipet 632406. Tamil Nadu, India. Phone: 04172-241156, 284501 Fax: 04172-241154, 241158
Email: rptmktg@bhelrpt.co.in
Reg. Office: BHEL HOUSE, Siri Fort, New Delhi 110049. India

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July-2017