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{{Short description|Building in India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant
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| commissioned = February 1997
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| owner = Kerala State Electricity Board
| operator = Kerala load Distribution Centre(KLDC)
| th_fuel_primary = [[Diesel fuel|Diesel]]
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| ps_units_operational= 5 x 21.32 MW
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| ps_electrical_capacity= 106.6 MW<br/>Planned: 400 MW
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'''Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant''' is a 106.6 MW public sector [[power station]] in [[Kochi]], [[India]] run by the [[Kerala State Electricity Board]], commissioned in 1997. It is controlled by Kerala load Distribution Center(KLDC).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://enipedia.tudelft.nl/wiki/Brahmapuram_Powerplant | title=Brahmapuram Powerplant - Enipedia | accessdate=13 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914144203/http://enipedia.tudelft.nl/wiki/Brahmapuram_Powerplant | archive-date=14 September 2016 | url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Overview==
The plant is based on large-bore 4 stroke diesel engines from [[MAN B&W]], Germany. The plant has a total of five machines with capacity to generate 21.32 MW power each. Though the station is still known as diesel power plant, it has been using low sulphur heavy stock (LSHS) -- a residual fuel processed from indigenous crude, provided by IOC—in place of diesel. LSHS is in semisolid form. It is heated by steam to make it liquid form. When melts it becomes the same form of diesel. The transfer of diesel to LSHS is done by a three valve mechanism(first diesel, then a mixture of diesel and LSHS, then LSHS).
*Number of Cylinders : 18
*Cylinder configuration : V type
*Engine capacity : 18000 cc/cylinder
*Engine power : 30,000 bhp
*Fuel used : Diesel (for starting), LSHS(low sulphur heavy stock)

===Electrical section===
The engine is coupled with an [[alternator]]. The alternator consists of a stator and a rotor and the entire assembly is under one case. Switchgear of 220 kV, 25000 A is used to control the supply. Then the load is reduced to 11 kV for transmission, with the help of step down transformers

It uses [[direct current]] for all its applications (easy to store). The cost of power production at the existing diesel plant at Brahmapuram is Rs. 13 per kWh, considering the cost the three machines are operated only when it is absolutely necessary. The power produced from here is connected to the KSEB grid and supplied to the consumers in the state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kseboa.org/kseb/lng-power-plant-to-come-up-at-brahmapuram-23113999.html | title=LNG Power Plant to Come up at Brahmapuram | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>

==Expansion==
The Kerala State Electricity Board has decided to set up a 400MW combined cycle power generation facility on the premises of the existing power plant at Brahmapuram, using [[natural gas]] as the feedstock.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/works-on-gasfired-plant-at-brahmapuram-get-off-starting-blocks/article5086545.ece | title=Works on gas-fired plant at Brahmapuram get off starting blocks | publisher=The Hindu | date=2 September 2013 | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref> [[GAIL]] will be supplying LNG for the new power plant from the Petronet [[LNG]] Terminal. The power plant is likely to be completed by early 2017.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com%2Fcities%2Fkochi%2FNatural-Gas-Power-Plant-for-Brahmapuram%2F2014%2F03%2F26%2Farticle2130261.ece | title=Natural Gas Power Plant for Brahmapuram | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=26 March 2014 | accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Bhramapuram landfill]]

==References==
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[[Category:Power stations in Kochi]]
[[Category:Oil-fired power stations in India]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1997]]

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