Coal Handling Plant

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Introduction CoalHandlingPlant The purpose of the Coal handling plant in a thermal power plant is to Process ra w coal & insure against the irregular supply of coal which is dependent on many players in the Supply chain The function of a CHP is to receive, process, store ,feed the Coal bunkers consistently over the entire life of the Power plant. Coa l is received from mines in the form of lumps, the sizes varying from 100mm to 3 50mm, in two types of wagons through Rail; BOBR meaning Bogie Open Bottom Rapid discharge & BOXN meaning Bogie Open High Sided Side discharge Wagon BOBR wagons are unloaded in Track Hoppers & BOXN Wagons are unloaded by Wagon tipplers. Coal is then supplied to the crusher house through Roller screens or Vibrating feede rs to sieve the coal before feeding to the crusher; 20% of the coal that is rece ived is already