BHEL is one of the largest engineering conglomerates
in India. Here is a brief peofile and history of Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd.
BHEL
BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited is the largest engineering and
manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related/infrastructure
sector. BHEL is one of the nine large Public Sector Undertakings known
as navratnas or nine jewels. BHEL offers over 180 products and provides
systems and services to meet the needs of core sectors like: power,
transmission, industry, transportation, oil & gas, non-conventional
energy sources and telecommunication.
BHEL was founded in 1950s. Its operations are organised around three
business sectors: Power, Industry - including Transmission,
Transportation, Telecommunication & Renewable Energy - and Overseas
Business. Today, BHEL has a wide-spread network comprising 14
manufacturing divisions, 8 service centres, 4 power sector regional
centres, 18 regional offices, and a large number of project sites spread
all over India and abroad. BHEL is one of the largest exporters of
engineering products & services from India. BHEL has established its
references in around 60 countries of the world, ranging from the United
States in the West to New Zealand in the Far East. Its export range
include: individual products to complete power stations, turnkey
contracts for power plants, EPC contracts, HV/EHV Sub-stations, O&M
services for familiar technologies, specialized after-market services
like Residual Life Assessment (RLA) studies and retrofitting,
refurbishing & overhauling, and supplies to manufacturers & EPC
contractors.
BHEL's product range include: Steam turbines and generators of up to
500MW capacity for utility and combined-cycle applications; Steam
turbines for CPP applications; Gas turbines of up to 260MW (ISO) rating;
Custom-built conventional hydro turbines of Kaplan, Francis and Pelton
types with matching generators, pump turbines with matching
motor-generators; Spherical, butterfly and rotary valves and auxiliaries
for hydro station; HSD, LDO, FO, LSHS, natural-gas/biogas based diesel
power plant; Industrial turbo-sets of ratings from 1.5 to 120MW; Steam
generators for utilities, ranging from 30 to 500MW capacity, using coal,
lignite, oil, natural gas or a combination of these fuels; Pulverized
fuel fired boilers; Stoker boilers; Atmospheric fluidized bed combustion
boilers; Circulating fluidized bed combustion boilers; Waste heat
recovery boiler; Boiler Auxiliaries; Heat Exchangers & Pressure
Vessels; Pumps; Power Station Control Equipment; Switchgears; Bus Ducts;
Transformers; Insulators; Capacitors; Energy Meters etc.
Major Achievements of BHEL:
- Acquired certifications for Quality Management Systems (ISO
9001), Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001) and Occupational
Health & Safety Management Systems (OHSAS 18001).
- Installed equipment for over 90,000 MW of power generation.
- Supplied over 2,25,000 MVA transformer capacity and other
equipment operating in Transmission & Distribution network up to
400 kV (AC & DC).
- Supplied over 25,000 Motors with Drive Control System to Power
projects, Petrochemicals, Refineries, Steel, Aluminum, Fertilizer,
Cement plants, etc.
- Supplied Traction electrics and AC/DC locos to power over 12,000
km Railway network.
- Supplied over one million Valves to Power Plants and other
Industries.
Note: The above information was last updated on 21-07-2007
