BHEL hits new record with India’s highest-rated autotransformer
India, New Delhi: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully manufactured and tested India’s highest rating autotransformer.
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India, New Delhi: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has successfully manufactured and tested India’s highest rating autotransformer.
The new autotransformer was tested (short circuit) at the National High Power Test Laboratory (NHPTL) in Bina, Madhya Pradesh. Significantly, this is a new benchmark in the global transformer industry.
This is BHEL’s 21st 400 kV class transformer, which has successfully passed the short circuit test, indicating the company’s prowess in the sector.
This 500 MVA, 400/220/33 kV autotransformer has been designed and manufactured at BHEL’s Bhopal plant for UP Power Transmission Corporation Limited. These high-rating transformers play a crucial role in bulk power transmission to load centres and bigger cities.
BHEL is the largest manufacturer of power transformers in India and a pioneer in the indigenous development of higher rating and specialised transformers, with voltage levels going up to 1200 kV class.
Source: PSU Watch
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