KUTTIADI HYDRO ELECTRIC PROJECT

(KAKKAYAM)

• Ashik sundar.s
• Asif mohammed
• Shiyas
• Noufal
 INTRODUCTION
• One of the major ones operated by KSEB which
supplies power to large area of kerala
• Located at the Kuttiadi River Basin
• The river rises from the Narikota hilly ranges of
the wayanad hills(a part of the western ghats)
• Kuttiadi is a tiny town located in the north of
kozhikkod district,about 50km from the
kozhikkod town and 30km away from the
vadakara
 INTRODUCTION
• Power plant is located at a height of 2450ft
above sea level
• It has a capacity of 225MW with 6 units
• The project gets commissioned I 1972 and in
2010 there was an extinction scheme of 2
units of 50MW.
• Kuttiyadi Hydro Electric Project is the third largest
hydro electric project in kerala.
• Consist of 4 powerhouses:
• Kuttiadi old power house(3*25MW)
• Kuttiadi extension scheme(1*50MW)
• Kuttiadi additional extension scheme(2*50MW)
• Kuttiadi small hydro electric project(3*1.5MW)
 THE RESERVOIR
• There are 2 interconnected reservoirs for this
project
• The main reservoir called the kuttiadi
reservoir is formed by kakkayam dam
constructed across the kuttiadi river
• Its full reservoir level is 757.72m
• Average head at power house is 747m
 THE RESERVOIR
• The augmentation reservoir called the
Thariode reservoir is formed by the thariode
dam,also called Banasurasagar dam
• The interconnection tunnel has a length of
4.678km
• Its full reservoir level is 775.6m.
Kakkayam Dam
 KUTTIADI OPH MACHINE FLOOR AND
CONTROL ROOM
• The main mechanical parts in OPH are:
• OPH has 3 generators of 25MW capacity made by
FUJI(a Japan company)
• Butterfly valve
• Surge tank
• Inlet valve
• Decompression valve
• Main guide bearings
• Needle and nozzle
• Deflector
• Impulse turbine
• MIV
 WORKING
• Water from dam is carried by tunnel then
penstock in high pressure
• End of penstock connected to MIV
• When MIV is open water flow through vertical
Pelton turbine through distributors.
• Shaft of turbine is connected to generator
• A dc generator is used to excite alternator
• Produces electriciy
• This 11KV is step up by a transformer to
110KV and it is connected to grid after
synchronising.
 KES AND KAES MACHINE FLOOR
• KES
• KES was developed by taking an extention
from penstock of KHEP.
• KES consist of 50MW generator made by
GE(canada company)
 KES WORKING
• A Thyristor is used to convert 156v AC to DC
for the operation of auxillary motor.
• This auxillary motor produces the DC power
which is supplied to the rotor of generator for
field generation
• Vertical shaft pelton turbine of capacity 50mw
with 10% continuos overlod is suitably
connected
 KES WORKING
• A GOVERNOR UNIT is provided for the
operation of all valves associated with turbine.
• GU is of 2 pump, one for working and other is
to standby generator operation
• GU includes the parts like speed signsl electric
power supply,motor driver,pump unit,oil
pressure receiver,sump tank,compressor and
associated the auxilary equipment.
 KAES
• This project was developed by construction of
an additional penstock to feed the generator
• Consist of 2 generators of 50mw capacity
made by BHEL(Indian company)
• Working is similar to that of KES machine floor
 KAES CONTROL ROOM
• Control room is to control various generator
units and monitor its operation
• Controlling on KAES is done with the help of
PLC-SCADA.
• It can also control the switch yard,common
auxilary,main sld.
• From control room we can observe grid
voltage and each generator output and also
the ampere taken by each feeder
 KAES CONTROL ROOM
• We could control the operation
unit,MIV,needles,deflectors,excitation,voltage
change over,brakers and isolators.
 KANNUR AND KOZHIKKOD YARDS
• The operations in yards are:
• GT step up 11kv to 110kv
• Auxillary transformer convert 11kv to 415v
• Cooling of main transformer is oil immersed
water type
• The output from main transformer is taken by
110kv bus
• Lightening arrester for protection against
lightening damage
• The current transformer convert high current to
lower value
• A sf6 circuit breaker is connected to the grid,it
have better arc quenching property.
• Then the line is connected to the grid through an
isolator which can operate remote and manual.
• Isolator act as a mechanical connection between
line and grid.
• The potential transformer is connected in parallel
to the line for the purpose of measuring and
connecting the relay
• There are 4 main feedres from the yard:
• 2 feeders from kozhikkod yard
• 2 feeders from kannur yard
 DC AND BATTERY SYSTEM
• The main two types of batteries used here are:
• Lead acid battery
• Valve regulated Lead Acid Battery
• Battery chargers of ratings 110v,60A and for
communication purpose 48v,40A dual FCBC
are being used.
• Two main charging methods:
• Float type
• Boosting type
• For the communication purpose PLCC is used
• Inorder to check battery is healthy or not,we
should look forward to the float voltage.
• In LAB the float voltage should be:1.85v and in
VRLA battery it should be:2.25v.
• Lead acid batteries are used for excitation and
control circuits.
• There are 55cells each providing 2v,total 110v.
• To charge this battery110v/60a float cum
boost charger with DCDB is being used.
• In KAES VRLA type batteries are used
• Main supply to the computers are provided
through ups
• The different type of excitation provided to
KES and KAES are:
• 1,2,3 station-shunt type
• 4 station-static type
• 5,6 station-static type
 KTR
• Contains 3 generators of 1.25mw each.
• Kaplan turbine is used.
• Main mechanical parts are:
• MIV
• Guide Vane
• Runner blade
• Driver end bearing
• Non- driver end bearing
• Turbine oil pressure unit
• Bearing oil pressure unit
• Cooling water pump
• Flywheel
• Rigid coupling
 BATTERY SYSTEM
• VRLA batteries are used.
• Battery chargers are:
• Float charger
• Float cum boost charger
• Float charger is to meet the load requirements
and trickle current to the battery
• Flaot cum boost chargerb is to meet the
battery charging requirements
• When float charger fails float cum boost
charger comes to float mode and contactor
closes through the output voltage sense
board.
• So that pc voltage at load terminal is equal to
the load voltage
 11KV SUBSTATION
• 8 11kv feeders
• Vaccum circuit breaker is used
• Main purpose is to take the external auxillary
supply for generator lt-panel.
• Two external transformer with rating
11.5mea,which transforms 110kv grid voltage to
11kv
• It is connected to the incommers of substation
• 2 incommers
• 2 incommers are coupled with bus coupler.
 CONCLUSION
• IT gave many practical knwoledge in
accordance with the technical and commercial
things.