Pune: Fluid management company Kirloskar Brothers Ltd (KBL) has collaborated with Tata Power to install the world’s largest circulating water pumping system for the latter’s Ultra Modern Power Plant (UMPP) at Mundra.
Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd, Tata Power’s wholly-owned subsidiary, which has implemented the 4,000 MW UMPP, requires massive amounts of water to condense the heat generated while producing power. Around 10.5 million litres of water is circulated by the pump sets per minute.
Ravindra Ulangwar, AVP & Head, Power Sector, KBL, said, “The Mundra UMPP is India’s first and most energy efficient coal-based thermal power plant using supercritical technology to create lower greenhouse gas emissions and its main power generation equipment is sourced from Japan and Korea.”
The pumping system is designed to take care of fluctuations in the sea water level due to tidal variations.
The Mundra UMPP will meet 2 per cent of India’s power needs and 16 million domestic, industrial and agricultural consumers in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana and Punjab will benefit from this project.
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