Fenchuganj Combined Cycle Power Plant

Fenchuganj Power Station
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CountryBangladesh
Coordinates24°41′10″N 91°55′05″E / 24.686°N 91.918°E / 24.686; 91.918
Commission date1994
OperatorBangladesh Power Development Board
Thermal power station
Primary fuelNatural gas
Power generation
Nameplate capacity
  • 201 MW
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Fenchuganj Combined Cycle Power Plant or Fenchuganj Combined Cycle Gas (Bengali: ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ কম্বাইন্ড সাইকল গ্যাস) also known as Fenchuganj Power Plant is a gas-turbine and steam turbine based power station in Fenchuganj Upazila, Sylhet District of Bangladesh.[1] This station is governed by Bangladesh Power Development Board.[2][3]

Geography

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Fenchuganj Power Plant is located at 24°25′N 91°33′E / 24.41°N 91.55°E / 24.41; 91.55.[4] It is situated on the west side of Jetighat beside Sylhet-Moulvibazar Road.[1] It stands on 2 km west of the Fenchuganj Bridge comprising a land of 33.5 acres on the bank of Kushiyara River.[5]

History

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Fenchuganj power plant was built in 1994 with a capacity of 90 MW.[6] It started operation with two gas turbine generators ( each of 30 MW) and a steam turbine (30 MW) respectively.[7] It is also called Fenchuganj 90 MW power plant as it supplied 90 MW from the beginning.[8][9][10] This Power Plant is the first ever combined cycle power station in the country.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র (ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ কম্বাইন্ড সাইকল গ্যাস), বিউবো ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ, সিলেট। (in Bengali). Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Fenchuganj Combined Cycle Power Plant, Sylhet". Reconnecting Asia. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Fenchuganj CCGT Power Plant Bangladesha". Global Energy Observatory. 2010-05-27. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Fenchuganj Combined Cycle Power Plant". wikimapia. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. ^ ফেঞ্চুগঞ্জ নববই মেগাওয়াট বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্রের দ্বিতীয় ইউনট উৎপাদনে যাওয়া অনিশ্চিত. The Daily Sangram (in Bengali). 7 Jun 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Report on Visit to Power Plants" (PDF). worldbank report. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Fenchuganj Power Plant". planningplanet.com. 2019-08-24. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Outage knocks country to a standstill". The Daily Star. October 30, 2003. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Area of Inspection: Power Plant". Bangladesh Industrial X-Ray. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Proceedings of the 2ndInternational Conference on Industrial and Mechanical Engineering and Operations Management (IMEOM), 12-13December, 2019, BIM, Dhaka, Bangladesh" (PDF). Bangladesh Institute of Management report. p. 65. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Fenchuganj Combined Cycle Power Plant". Shanghai Metal Corporation. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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