MEGHALAYA ENERGY CORPORATION LIMITED

POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION

BY

L.SHILLA
SUPERINTENDING ENGINEERING (GENERATION), UMIAM

Generation Capacity in MeECL

Sl.N o. Name of Hydro Power Station (Existing) Umiam Stage-I, Sumer Umiam Stage-II, Umsumer Umiam Stage-III, Kyrdemkulai Umiam Stage-IV, Nongkhyllem Umtru , Dehal Sonapani MHP Total Year of No. of commisioning Unit Capacity of each unit (MW) 9 9 30 30 2.8 1.5 Total Capacity (MW) 36 18 60 60 11.2 1.5 186.7 MW

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1965 1970 1978 1972 1957 2009

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GENERATION IN MeECL
UMIAM UMTRU BASIN

POWER GENERATION IN MeECL ARE FROM HYDRO POWER STATIONS ONLY.

ALL THE EXISTING HYDRO POWER STATIONS ARE IN UMIAM UMTRU BASIN.

GENERATION IN MeECL
ALL THE POWER STATIONS UTILISED THE VERTICAL FRANCIS TURBINE EXCEPT FOR SONAPANI WHICH UTILISED HORIZONTAL PELTON WHEEL
VERTICAL FRANCIS TURBINE

PELTON WHEEL

FRANCIS RUNNER

SECTION THROUGH POWER HOUSE

GENERATOR

MIV

TURBINE

DRAFT TUBE

TRANSFORMER
THE POWER THAT HAS BEEN GENERATED IN THE HYDROGENERATING UNIT AT 11KV IS FIRST CHANGED INTO HIGHER VOLTAGE FOR EASE OF TRANSMISSION THROUGH TRANSFORMER. THESE ARE CALLED GENERATING TRANSFORMER WHICH ARE AT 11KV IN LV SIDE AND 132 KV AT HV SIDE

SWITCHYARD
THE POWER FLOW NEED TO BE PROTECTED & MONITORED .THIS IS CARRIED OUT THROUGH SWITCHTARD EQUIPMENTS LIKE CIRCUIT BREAKER, ISOLATOR, CURRENT TRANSFORMER, POWER TRANSFORMER ETC.

TRANSMISSION

THE POWER FROM SWITCHYARD IS TRANSMITTED TO A HIGHER DISTANCE AT 132 KILOVOLT THROUGH THE TRANSMISSION LINES EITHER SINGLE CIRCUIT OR DOUBLE CIRCUIT

INTERCONNECTION

DISTRIBUTION
THE POWER AT HIGHER VOLTAGE HAS TO BE CHANGE TO LOWER VOLTAGE BEFORE IT CAN BE USED AT CUSTOMER END. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY DISTRIBUTION TRANSFORMER AND DISTRIBUTION LINES

CONTROL ROOM
THE POWER FLOW IN THE SYSTEM IS MONITORED AND CONTROLLED FROM CONTROL ROOM AND LOAD DISPATCH CENTRE