Access to an uninterrupted power supply for households, businesses, and industries is key to accelerating India’s economy. As the world's third-largest energy-consuming country, the power sector is set to witness a huge transformation over the coming decade.
One of the frontrunners in making India an energy resilient nation is Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)—which supplies over 50% of the power generation demands of the country through its network of 17 manufacturing units across India. It is the country’s largest industrial, engineering and manufacturing powerhouse catering to industries such as power generation and transmission, transportation, and renewable energy.
BHEL’s role in serving the needs of core sectors makes it a significant contributor to India’s economy. Therefore, it becomes even more critical for its operations to run well every day without any disruption to production. It also includes the day-to-day functioning of its 17 industrial, engineering, and manufacturing units.
The challenge
Industrial manufacturing units usually produce highly toxic and combustible gases. If left undetected, these leaks have potential risks to lives and businesses. It is imperative for businesses to invest in an efficient gas monitoring system that would alert operatives when combustible gases are present in gas turbines and detect leaks that exceed safe limits.
Crowcon’s solution
BHEL’s Hyderabad (Ramachandrapuram) facility required a safety solution that would instantly alert the workforce whenever a dangerous level of combustible gas mixtures were detected in the turbine system.
As an integral gas safety solution, the system would protect workers in high-risk gas-based power plants and refineries by detecting gas leakage that rises above safe levels. And since the detection of methane around a gas turbine occurs at high temperatures, the solution had to include detectors that can cope with extreme heat.
Working closely with BHEL, Halma company Crowcon has provided smart and integrated solutions. Crowcon installed a combination of their Gasmonitor Plus controller and five Xgard Type 4 gas detectors to protect the system and surrounding areas from hazardous gas, specifically high-temperature methane.
Each system has both a gas detector alarm system and an additional alarm accompanied by the flashing of an orange beacon to monitor the level of gas. This system can trigger several warnings as per the event through alarms that indicate different ranges.
“At BHEL, we are extremely satisfied with the Crowcon range of products and their performance for over five years. We look forward to working together on many more complex solutions of this type,” said Swati Goli, Deputy Manager, Gas Turbine Engineering, BHEL and Shrikanth Kolukula, Manager, Gas Turbine Engineering, BHEL.
Halma company Crowcon is helping create a safer future for everyone, every day through its best-in-class gas safety solutions. Learn more: Crowcon – Halma India
