Student Activities
1) Prototype / Process Design and Development on 28th July 2023, to guide students on:
2)prototype Idea generation and its designing.
3)How to develop prototype: challenges and strategies
This Workshop provides the direction for project/business, Identifies sustainable revenue streams, resource allocation, creates detailed technical blueprints, defines efficient process workflow, identifies and addresses potential risk.
A Report on Industrial Visit at ± 500 KV HVDC, Padghe Maharashtra”
Date : 02nd March 2023 & 03rd March 2023
Department : Electrical Engineering
Venue : HVDC Terminal Station, MSETCL, Padghe
Coordinator : Ms. S. R Nandurkar
Class : BE Final year ( BE Div A & B)
Total no of students : 137
Total no of staff : 04
Summary : The Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) built a 1,500 MW HVDC link between the cities of Chandrapur and Padghe (near Mumbai) – the first HVDC transmission link to Mumbai. The converter terminals were constructed by ABB (Sweden and India) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) of India. The 500 kV Chandrapur – Padghe HVDC Bipole feeds Mumbai on the west coast with 1,500 MW from a thermal power generation plant located near Chandrapur in the eastern part of Maharashtra State 752 km away. The link helps to stabilize the Maharashtra grid, increasing power flow on the existing 400 kV AC lines while minimizing total line losses. Mr Sunil Shenava Deputy Executive engineer has briefed the students on the visit days. ±500 KV HVDC Padghe Plant Specification:
Commissioning year | 1999 |
Power rating | 1,500 MW |
No. of poles | 2 |
AC voltage | 400 kV (both ends) |
DC voltage | ±500 kV |
Length of overhead DC line | 752 km |
Main reason for choosing HVDC | Long distance, network stability, environmental concerns Application: Connecting remote generation |