Amid a raging debate over the quality of power equipment from BHEL and Chinese companies, the government on Thursday said Chinese gears are of lesser efficiency compared to those supplied by the PSU.
"Power plants set up with Chinese equipment have not shown better performance than those using equipment supplied by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL)," Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Praful Patel said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
He was responding to a question on whether power plants running on Chinese gear have shown better performance than those using BHEL equipment.
"In fact, Chinese supplied equipment have inferior heat rates (efficiencies) and the auxiliaries consume more power than that of BHEL. Secondary fuel oil consumption is also more."
"The time taken for synchronisation to commercial operation is much more than BHEL equipment," Patel said.
According to him, the average Plant Load Factor (PLF) for the last three years of Chinese units is as low as 68 per cent as compared to BHEL's 79 per cent.
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Saturday, August 13, 2011
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