 The
Coke Oven plant produces 0.5 million tones of Coke
per annum. Coke produced by DPL has already attained
global standard. There are in all 100 ovens. Hard
quality Coking coal required for Coke Ovens
is sourced to China and for Soft Quality Coking
Coal is procured from China and Australia.
Five types of coke are produced at DPL's Coke
Ovens. They include Foundry Grade (+80 mm); BF
Grade (25-65 mm); Nut (15-25 mm); Pearl
(6-12 mm) and Breeze (0-6 mm). While in Foundry
and BF Grade the ash content is 12.5%, in
Nut it is little higher at 12.8%. In Pearl
and Breeze types of Coke, the ash content is 13.5
%.
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Information for Power
To
feed its six thermal power generating units,
Durgapur Projects Ltd requires about 6670 tonnes
of coal per day. Six units together have an aggregate
generation capacity of 401 megawatt per day. Of
the total coal requirements, about 28% is required
by the sixth unit alone which is so far the biggest one
with 110 MW capacity. Three units of 77 MW each
consume around 19%-19.5%of total coal requirement. The remaining two units
of 30 MW each require about 7.5%-8% each of the
power plant's total coal requirement.
